Commonwealth Numbered Acts

CHILD SUPPORT ACT 1988 No. 3 of 1988 - SECT 6

6. (1) Without prejudice to its effect apart from this section, this Act in so
far as it relates to the maintenance of children also has effect as provided
by this section.

(2) By virtue of this subsection, the provisions of this Act (other than
subparagraph (a) (ii) of the definition of "collection agency maintenance
liability" in subsection 4 (1) or subparagraph 17 (a) (ii)) in so far as they
relate to the maintenance of children have the effect that they would have if:

   (a)  each reference to a child were, by express provision, confined to a
        child of a marriage; and

   (b)  each reference to the parents of the child were, by express provision,
        confined to the parties to the marriage; and have that effect only in
        so far as they make provision with respect to the rights and duties of
        the parties to the marriage in relation to the child, including,
        without limiting the generality of the foregoing, provision with
        respect to the rights and duties of those parties in relation to the
        maintenance of the child.