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Child Support Act 1991

Automatic deductions - Automatic deductions

158: Life of deduction notices

You could also call this:

“How long deduction notices for child support payments last and how to stop them”

A deduction notice is a document that tells someone to take money from your income for child support. This notice stays in effect until it’s cancelled.

The Commissioner can cancel a deduction notice in two ways. They can send a notice saying it’s cancelled, or they can send a new deduction notice to replace the old one.

If you’ve chosen to pay child support through automatic deductions, you can change your mind at any time. You just need to tell the Commissioner in a way they accept.

When you decide to stop automatic deductions, the Commissioner will usually cancel the deduction notice. However, there are some situations where they might not cancel it, which are explained in other parts of the law.

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Part 10 Automatic deductions
Automatic deductions

158Life of deduction notices

  1. Every deduction notice shall remain in force until revoked.

  2. The Commissioner may revoke any deduction notice by giving to the person to whom the notice was given—

  3. a notice of revocation; or
    1. a new deduction notice in respect of the liable person.

      1. A person who has chosen under section 129 to pay financial support by way of automatic deduction under this Part may at any time choose, in a way acceptable to the Commissioner, to stop automatic deduction.

      2. In that case, the Commissioner must revoke any relevant deduction notice under subsection (2)(a) unless section 130 or 131 applies.

      Notes
      • Section 158(3): inserted, on , by section 51 of the Taxation (Annual Rates for 2015–16, Research and Development, and Remedial Matters) Act 2016 (2016 No 1).
      • Section 158(4): inserted, on , by section 51 of the Taxation (Annual Rates for 2015–16, Research and Development, and Remedial Matters) Act 2016 (2016 No 1).
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