Western Australia
Child Support (Adoption of Laws) Amendment Act 2007
No. 29 of 2007
An Act to amend the Child Support (Adoption of Laws) Act 1990.
[Assented to 31 October 2007]
The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:
1. Short title
This is the Child Support (Adoption of Laws) Amendment Act 2007.
2. Commencement
This Act comes into operation as follows:
(a) sections 1 and 2 — on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent (“assent day”);
(b) section 6 — on 1 January 2008;
(c) section 7 — on 1 July 2008;
(d) the rest of the Act — on the day after assent day.
3. The Act amended
The amendments in this Act are to the Child Support (Adoption of Laws) Act 1990*.
[* Reprint 1 as at 2 May 2003.
For subsequent amendments see Western Australian Legislation Information Tables for 2006, Table 1.]
4. Purpose of Act
The purpose of this Act is to provide that the adoption by the Child Support (Adoption of Laws) Act 1990 of —
(a) the Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988 of the Commonwealth extends to that Act as amended by the following Commonwealth Acts —
(i) the Tax Laws Amendment (Repeal of Inoperative Provisions) Act 2006; and
(ii) the Child Support Legislation Amendment (Reform of the Child Support Scheme—New Formula and Other Measures) Act 2006; and
(iii) the Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (2006 Budget Measures) Act 2006; and
(iv) the Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Legislation Amendment (Child Support Reform Consolidation and Other Measures) Act 2007;
and
(b) the Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989 of the Commonwealth extends to that Act as amended by the following Commonwealth Acts —
(i) the Child Support Legislation Amendment (Reform of the Child Support Scheme—New Formula and Other Measures) Act 2006; and
(ii) the Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (2006 Budget Measures) Act 2006; and
(iii) the Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation (2006 Budget and Other Measures) Act 2006; and
(iv) the Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Legislation Amendment (Child Support Reform Consolidation and Other Measures) Act 2007.
5. Sections 3 and 4 amended
(1) Sections 3(a) and 4(b) are each amended by deleting “1 July 2006” and inserting instead —
“ 1 January 2007 ”.
(2) Section 4(a) is repealed.
6. Sections 3 and 4 further amended on 1 January 2008
Sections 3(a) and 4(b) are each amended by deleting “1 January 2007” and inserting instead —
“ 1 January 2008 ”.
7. Sections 3 and 4 further amended on 1 July 2008
Sections 3(a) and 4(b) are each amended by deleting “1 January 2008” and inserting instead —
“ 1 July 2008 ”.
