- Date
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10 May 2006
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
- Summary
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Amends the:
Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989
to: increase and index the minimum annual child support payment; provide for a new method of assessing a parent’s capacity to earn; and reduce the cap on adjusted income for child support assessment purposes and make a consequential amendment to the proposed Child Support Legislation Amendment Act 2006
; Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988
to increase the limit on prescribed non-agency payments from 25 to 30 per cent; and Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989
and Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988
to address a constitutional issue with the application of the Child Support Scheme to exnuptial children in Western Australia.