if the Registrar makes an assessment relating to the annual rate of child support payable for the child as required by section 34A (assessment when new tax figure is available):

for an assessment made on or before the 15th day of a calendar month—the end of that calendar month; or

otherwise—the end of the calendar month following the calendar month during which the Registrar makes the assessment;

the first child support period that started on 8 June 2026 ends at the end of 7 September 2027 (15 months after it started); and

a new child support period starts on 8 September 2027.

the child support period that started on 8 June 2026 ends at the end of 14 September 2026; and

a new child support period starts on 15 September 2026.

if the Registrar makes the assessment on or before the 15th day of a calendar month—on the first day after the end of that calendar month; or

otherwise—on the first day after the end of the calendar month following the calendar month during which the Registrar makes the assessment.

the earlier period would end before the start of the later period (if the Registrar were to make the assessment as soon as practicable).

make a decision (however described); and

exercise a power, perform a function, comply with an obligation or discharge a duty; and

do anything else;

a Registrar’s assessment made on or after the commencement time;

a Registrar’s assessment if:

(i) the assessment is made, before the commencement time, during a child support period (the earlier child support period); and

at the time the assessment is made, the earlier child support period is to end, under paragraph 7A(3)(b) of the Assessment Act, on or after the commencement time;

a decision, made on or after the commencement time, on an objection to the particulars of a Registrar’s assessment (whether made before or after that commencement);

a decision, made on or after the commencement time, on an ART review of a decision on an objection (whether made before or after that commencement) to the particulars of a Registrar’s assessment.

(a) a Registrar’s assessment is made, before the commencement time, during a child support period (the earlier child support period); and

at the time the assessment is made:

(i) the earlier child support period is to end, under paragraph 7A(3)(b) of the Assessment Act, at the end of a calendar month (the legally correct month) (whether the end of the legally correct month is before or after the commencement time); and

(ii) the earlier child support period is treated by the Registrar as ending at the end of the calendar month (the later month) following the legally correct month (whether the end of the later month is before or after the commencement time).

the earlier child support period is taken to end, and always to have ended, at the end of the later month; and

a new child support period is taken to start, and always to have started, immediately after the earlier child support period ends.

is taken not to be, and is taken never to have been, invalid or ineffective merely because:

the earlier child support period is treated as ending at the end of the later month; and

a new child support period is treated as starting immediately after the end of the later month; and

to that extent, is taken for all purposes to be valid and effective and to have always been valid and effective.

an objection to the particulars of such an assessment; and

an ART review of a decision on such an objection.

the assessment was made or amended before the commencement of this item; and

the annual rate of child support for the child was worked out under section 35 or 37; and

the percentage of care of one of the child’s parents determined for the purposes of the assessment was less than 35%; and

under the assessment (as made or as amended, as the case may be), the annual rate of child support payable by the other parent for the child was assessed to be greater than nil.

an objection to the particulars of such an assessment; and

an ART review of a decision on such an objection.

an administrative assessment;

a provisional notional assessment;

a notional assessment.

is taken not to be, and is taken never to have been, invalid or ineffective merely because, before the validation time, the annual rate of child support payable by a parent for a child for a day in a child support period was assessed as being nil because the other parent’s percentage of care was determined to be less than 35%; and

to that extent, is taken for all purposes to be valid and effective and to have always been valid and effective.

make a decision (however described); and

exercise a power, perform a function, comply with an obligation or discharge a duty; and

do anything else;

the person declares to the Secretary that the person is experiencing exceptional and unforeseen circumstances and makes a request for an urgent payment of an amount between $20 and $200; and

if the times for payment of instalments of the social security periodic payment to the person have been determined by the Secretary under subsection 52(2)—the Secretary has determined that the instalments are to be paid on a regular cycle of 14 days or less; and

the person has not been paid an urgent payment on the day the person makes the request; and

the amount worked out under paragraph (3DC)(b) is equal to or greater than $20.

the amount requested by the person in the request; and

the amount that is equal to:

the amount worked out under subsection (3DD); less

the amount of any urgent payments already paid in the instalment period.

the total of the amount of the social security periodic payment (calculated by reference to the daily rate of payment applicable to each day, subject to subsections (4) to (5B)), payable to the person for days in the instalment period immediately before, and including, the day the request for an urgent payment is made; less

the amount of any deductions or repayments under sections 61, 61A and 238 of this Act and paragraph 1061EL(1)(c) and section 1231 of the 1991 Act for the instalment period for the social security periodic payment.

a single instalment of the social security periodic payment is, or is to be, paid in relation to the period; and

the instalment is, or is to be, paid when the last of the payments relating to the instalment period is, or is to be, made; and

the instalment is equal to the total of all payments made to the person for the instalment period.

the following provisions of this Act apply as if each weekly payment were a separate instalment:

section 61;

section 61A;

Division 3 of Part 3AA;

Division 5 of Part 3B;

section 238; and

the following provisions of this Act apply as if each urgent payment were a separate instalment:

Division 3 of Part 3AA;

Division 5 of Part 3B.

(a) a person makes a request (the initial request) for an urgent payment under paragraph 43(3DB)(a); and

on the day the initial request is made, the person has been paid 10 urgent payments within the previous 90 days.

the day the person contacts the Secretary and discusses the person’s circumstances;

the day after the end of the period of 90 days beginning on the day after the previous urgent payment was paid to the person.

the rate of payment is worked out with regard to the income test module of a rate calculator in this Chapter; and

(b) one or more amounts of employment income, each of which is in respect of a particular period or periods (each period is an employment period), are paid by the same employer in an instalment period of the recipient to or for the benefit of a person (the employee) who is:

the recipient; or

the recipient’s partner.

the employee is or was the recipient’s partner; and

the employee is taken, under subsection (3) or (4), to have received an amount of employment income on a day; and

the employee and the recipient are not members of a couple on that day;

the rate of payment is worked out with regard to the income test module of a rate calculator in this Chapter; and

(b) an amount (the initial amount) of employment income, in respect of a period of 1 month, is paid in an instalment period of the recipient on a day in a calendar month (the initial calendar month) to or for the benefit of a person (the employee) who is:

the recipient; or

the recipient’s partner;

the Secretary is satisfied that, for the reasonably foreseeable future, an amount of employment income, in respect of a period of 1 month, equal to the initial amount will be paid to or for the benefit of the employee by that employer on the following:

(i) the corresponding day in each calendar month (a later calendar month) after the initial calendar month;

if there is no such day in a later calendar month—the last day of the later calendar month.

the employee is or was the recipient’s partner; and

the employee is taken, under subsection (2) or (5), to have received an amount of employment income on a day; and

the employee and the recipient are not members of a couple on that day;

the recipient’s rate of payment of the pension or benefit is worked out with regard to the income test module of a rate calculator in this Chapter; and

(b) an amount of employment income is paid in an instalment period of the recipient to or for the benefit of a person (the employee) who is:

the recipient; or

the recipient’s partner; and

the employment income is not in respect of a particular period.

the employee is or was the recipient’s partner; and

the employee is taken, under subsection (4) or (5), to have received an amount of employment income on a day; and

the employee and the recipient are not members of a couple on that day;

(a) the recipient was receiving a social security pension or a social security benefit (the original payment, which may or may not be of the same kind as the new payment); and

(b) a person (the employee) who:

is the recipient; or

is the recipient’s partner;

(c) the recipient ceased to receive the original payment on a day (the cessation day) that is before the end of the attributed income period; and

(d) the rate of payment of the new payment is being worked out for an instalment period of the recipient (the affected instalment period) that begins:

after the cessation day; and

before the end of the attributed income period.

the employee is or was the recipient’s partner; and

the employee is taken, under subsection (2), to have received an amount of employment income on a day; and

the employee and the recipient are not members of a couple on that day;

(a) a person’s (the relevant person’s) rate of payment of a social security pension or a social security benefit is worked out with regard to the income test module of a rate calculator in this Chapter; and

(b) a person (the employee) who is:

the relevant person; or

the relevant person’s partner;

the employee is or was the recipient’s partner; and

the employee is taken, under subsection (4) or (5), to have received an amount of employment income on a day; and

the employee and the recipient are not members of a couple on that day;

the recipient’s rate of payment of the pension or benefit is worked out with regard to the income test module of a rate calculator in this Chapter; and

(b) a person (the employee) who is:

the recipient; or

the recipient’s partner;

the employee is or was the recipient’s partner; and

the employee is taken, under subsection (2), to have received an amount of employment income on a day; and

the employee and the recipient are not members of a couple on that day;