Child Support Legislation Amendment (Reform of the Child Support Scheme—New Formula and Other Measures) Act 2006
41Working out parent’s child support income
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41 Working out parent’s child support income
Single child support case—no relevant dependent children (1) If: (a) a parent is to be assessed in respect of the costs of a child in only one child support case; and (b) the parent does not have a relevant dependent child; the parent’s child support income for the child for a day in a child support period is the amount worked out using the formula:
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Single child support case—relevant dependent children (2) If: (a) a parent is to be assessed in respect of the costs of a child (the particular child) in only one child support case; and (b) the parent has at least one relevant dependent child; the parent’s child support income for the particular child for a day in a child support period is the amount worked out using the formula:
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Multiple child support cases—no relevant dependent children (3) If: (a) a parent is to be assessed in respect of the costs of a child (the particular child); and (b) the parent is also to be assessed in respect of the costs of another child in another child support case; and (c) the parent does not have a relevant dependent child; the parent’s child support income for the particular child for a day in a child support period is the amount worked out using the formula:
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Multiple child support cases—relevant dependent children (4) If: (a) a parent is to be assessed in respect of the costs of a child (the particular child); and (b) the parent is also to be assessed in respect of the costs of another child in another child support case; and (c) the parent has at least one relevant dependent child; the parent’s child support income for the particular child for a day in a child support period is the amount worked out using the formula:
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Negative result taken to be nil (5) A parent’s child support income for a day in a child support period is taken to be nil if the amount worked out using a formula in this section is negative.