Part 1: About the scheme

Introduction

This part gives a background to the introduction of the child support scheme, its objects and details of legislative changes to the scheme.

In this part

The chapters in this part describe the objects of the child support scheme, the background of the scheme and a brief history of legislative amendments, as well as a discussion of Australian residence and overseas cases.

Contents

Chapter 1.1	Background This chapter describes what the child support scheme is and the background to its establishment.
Chapter 1.2	Legislative history This chapter describes the major amendments to the child support scheme since it started in 1988.
Chapter 1.3	Objects of the scheme This chapter describes the objects of the Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989 (the Assessment Act) and the Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988 (the Registration and Collection Act).
Chapter 1.4	Western Australia and the child support scheme This chapter describes the unique application of the child support scheme to children who live in Western Australia whose parents were never married.
Chapter 1.5	Australian residence This chapter describes how CSA will decide whether a payer is a resident of Australia for the purposes of the Child Support legislation; and whether a child meets the residence requirements for a child support assessment.
Chapter 1.6	Overseas cases This chapter describes the treatment of maintenance liabilities where one of the parents is resident overseas. These liabilities include child support assessments and court-ordered child maintenance and spousal maintenance.

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Issued 1 October 2002

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