The Registrar can refuse a child support application if they believe accepting it would harm the other parent, the other parent does not want it accepted, and the applicant would be the one paying child support.

The Registrar can refuse to make a child support determination if they believe it would cause harm to a party, the child, or any other person.

The Registrar must tell the applicant and the other parent in writing if a child support application is refused.

The Registrar can dismiss a child support objection if it is unlikely to succeed or would have little to no impact on the final assessment or payment amount.

People cannot apply for a review of a care percentage decision if their previous objection to that decision was already dismissed.

The Administrative Review Tribunal can overturn a dismissed objection and order the Registrar to deal with it within 60 or 120 days.

The Registrar must overturn a refusal decision and make a new determination if certain conditions are met regarding who applied and who was notified.

The Secretary must write off a family assistance debt for 13 weeks in specific cases where a review decision increases the amount of child maintenance a person is seen to have received.