Section 34B — Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989: Administrative assessment for child support period started by new agreement when support already payable

(1) The Registrar must assess the annual rate of child support payable for a child for a day in a child support period if: (a) the Registrar accepts a child support agreement made in relation to the child; and (b) child support is already payable by a parent for the child under an administrative assessment; and (c) the agreement is to affect the annual rate of child support payable for the child. The Registrar must assess the annual rate immediately after accepting the agreement. Note 1: Section 95 explains how the provisions of the agreement affect the assessment. Note 2: If the Registrar makes an assessment under this section, the Registrar must make a provisional notional assessment under section 146B. (2) The child support period starts: (a) if: (i) the application for acceptance of the agreement was made to the Registrar within 28 days after the day on which the agreement was signed; and (ii) the agreement states that child support is to be payable from a specified day; and (iii) the day specified is not earlier than the day on which child support first became payable under the administrative assessment; on the specified day; or (b) if: (i) the application for acceptance of the agreement was made to the Registrar within 28 days after the day on which the agreement was signed; and (ii) the agreement states that child support is to be payable from a specified day; and (iii) the day specified is earlier than the day on which child support first became payable under the administrative assessment; on the day on which child support first became payable under the administrative assessment; or (c) if: (i) the application for acceptance of the agreement was made to the Registrar within 28 days after the day on which the agreement was signed; and (ii) the agreement does not specify a day from which child support is to be payable; on the day on which the agreement was signed; or (d) otherwise—on the day on which the application was made to the Registrar for acceptance of the agreement. (3) However, if the applicant for acceptance of the agreement is a resident of a reciprocating jurisdiction, subsection (2) applies as if the references in subparagraphs (2)(a)(i), (b)(i) and (c)(i) were references to 90 days instead of 28 days.