Child Support (Registration and Collection) Amendment Act 2011 (Cth)

Child Support (Registration and Collection) Amendment Act 2011

No. 88, 2011

An Act to amend the Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988, and for related purposes

Contents 1 Short title 2 Commencement 3 Schedule(s) Schedule 1—Amendments Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988

Child Support (Registration and Collection) Amendment Act 2011 No. 88, 2011

An Act to amend the Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988, and for related purposes

[Assented to 4 August 2011]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Child Support (Registration and Collection) Amendment Act 2011.

2 Commencement This Act commences on the day after this Act receives the Royal Assent.

3 Schedule(s) Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendments

Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988

1 After subsection 15(1A) Insert: (1B) Without limiting subsection (1) or (1A), the Registrar may, in writing, delegate all or any of his or her powers or functions under this Act to a person engaged (whether as an employee or otherwise) by: (a) the Registrar; or (b) an Agency (within the meaning of the Public Service Act 1999); or (c) another authority of the Commonwealth; or (d) an organisation that performs services for the Commonwealth. (1C) Any information provided to a person as a result of a delegation by the Registrar under subsection (1B) must be retained, processed and stored in Australia at all times and must not in any way be transmitted outside Australia.

2 Subsection 46(1) (penalty) Repeal the penalty.

3 Subsections 46(1A) and (3) Repeal the subsections.