Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY AND VETERANS' AFFAIRS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT (No. 3) 1989 No. 163, 1989 - SECT 12

12. Section 44 of the Principal Act is amended:

   (a)  by omitting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsections:

"(1) Where the payer of a registrable maintenance liability that arose before
the commencement of this Act elects that automatic withholding is not to apply
in relation to the liability, the Registrar must include in the particulars of
the entry in the Child Support Register in relation to the liability a
statement that automatic withholding does not apply in relation to the
liability.

"(1A) The election must be made by giving a duly completed approved form to
the Registrar before, or within 28 days after, the registration of the
liability.";

   (b)  by omitting from subparagraph (5) (b) (i) "regular and";

   (c)  by omitting from paragraph (7) (b) "regular and". Commencement: Day of
        Royal Assent