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7.4.3 Paying child support - employer withholding

Context

The Registrar is required to collect amounts due to the Commonwealth in relation to deductible liabilities (1.1.D.10) by making deductions from the salary or wages of a payer (1.1.P.40) of an enforceable maintenance liability (1.1.E.30) (known as employer withholding (1.1.E.20)), as far as practicable.

The CSRC Act sets out an employer's obligation to withhold money from salary and wages and to send it to the Registrar.

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