Commonwealth Numbered Acts

CHILD SUPPORT LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1990 No. 138 of 1990 - SECT 5

5. Section 95 of the Principal Act is amended:
(a) by omitting from paragraph (2) (a) "at a specified annual rate";
(b) by omitting from paragraph (2) (b) "annual" (first occurring);
(c) by omitting from paragraph (2) (b) "to a specified annual rate";

   (d)  by omitting subsection (3) and substituting the following subsection:

"(3) If the agreement includes provisions under which a party is to provide
child support to another party otherwise than in the form of periodic amounts
paid to the other party:

   (a)  the provisions have effect, for the purposes of Part 5, as if they
        were an order made by consent by a court under section 124 (Orders for
        provision of child support otherwise than in form of periodic amounts
        paid to custodian entitled to child support); and

   (b)  if the agreement or those provisions are registered in a court having
        jurisdiction under Part VII of the Family Law Act 1975 - Part XIII
        (Enforcement of decrees), and Part XIIIA (Sanctions for failure to
        comply with orders and contempt of court), of that Act apply in
        relation to the provisions as if the provisions were an order made by
        the court under Part VII of that Act.".