Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2010C00151:clause:1_35a
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2010C00151
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 35A
Character Range: 11952–13153

35A  Simplified outline

  The following is a simplified outline of this Part:

         • This Part includes the formulas used for assessing the annual rate of child support payable by a parent for a child for a day in a child support period (other than in cases where that rate is worked out in accordance with a child support agreement, a Registrar's determination under Part 6A or a court order).
         • The Costs of the Children Table published by the Secretary each year (based on the table in Schedule 1 to this Act) sets out the costs to parents of raising children in various age ranges.
         • Those costs are to be met by both parents (by paying child support or by caring for their children) according to each parent's capacity to meet the costs.
         • To determine each parent's capacity to meet those costs, the parents are assessed in respect of the costs of the child.
         • Generally, both parents' income is taken into account in determining each parent's capacity to meet the costs of their children.
         • The formulas also allow child support payable to non‑parent carers of children to be worked out.

Division 2—The formulas

Subdivision A—Preliminary