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Information release
Published 15 July 2020

Cabinet paper SWC-19-SUB-0110 + LEG-20-SUB-0029: Amendments to the Child Support Act 1991

Information release covering amendments to the Child Support Act 1991, which focus on improving the administration of the child support scheme.

Documents in this information release
  1. IR2019/125 – Tax policy report: Business Transformation: Child support, better payment options and remedial items (20 March 2019)
  2. IR2019/241 – Tax policy report: Business Transformation: Child support – working with customers with unusual circumstances (12 June 2019)
  3. IR2019/243 – Tax policy report: Business Transformation: Amending child support definitions (12 June 2019)
  4. IR2019/242 – Tax policy report: Business Transformation: Child support – certainty of assessments (17 June 2019)
  5. IR2019/240 – Tax policy report: Business Transformation: Child support – debt and payments (18 June 2019)
  6. IR2019/334 – Tax policy report: Cabinet paper - Business Transformation child support (18 July 2019)
  7. SWC-19-SUB-0110 – Regulatory impact assessment: Child support Business Transformation (8 August 2019)
  8. SWC-19-SUB-0110 – Cabinet paper: Business transformation: Amendments to the Child Support Act 1991 (28 August 2019)
  9. SWC-19-MIN-0110 – Minute: Business transformation: Amendments to the Child Support Act 1991 (28 August 2019)
  10. IR2020/041 – Tax policy report: Cabinet paper – Child Support Amendment Bill: Approval for introduction (29 January 2020)
  11. LEG-20-SUB-0029 – Cabinet paper: Child Support Amendment Bill: Approval for introduction (3 March 2020)
  12. LEG-20-MIN-0029 – Minute: Child Support Amendment Bill: Approval for introduction (3 March 2020)
Additional information

Cabinet paper SWC-19-SUB-0110 was considered by the Social Wellbeing Committee on 28 August 2019 and confirmed by Cabinet on 2 September 2019.

Cabinet paper LEG-20-SUB-0029 was considered by the Cabinet Legislation Committee on 3 March 2020 and confirmed by Cabinet on 9 March 2020.

Two attachments to the Cabinet papers are not included in this information release as they are publicly available:

Related information

Child Support Amendment Bill (introduced on 11 March 2020)