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Child Support Legislation Amendment (Reform of the Child Support Scheme—New Formula and Other Measures) Act 2006
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If: (a) an administrative assessment of child support is in force in relation to a parent; and (b) the Registrar is later notified, or otherwise becomes aware, of the fact that the parent has a relevant dependent child who was not taken into account for the purposes of making the assessment; then, for the purposes of working out the parent’s relevant dependent child amount under section 46, the parent is taken to have the relevant dependent child: (c) if the Registrar was notified, or otherwise became aware, of the fact that the child is a relevant dependent child of the parent within 28 days after the day on which the child became such a child—on and from the day the child became such a child; or (d) if the Registrar was notified, or otherwise became aware, of the fact within 28 days after the notice of the assessment was given—on and from the day the notice was given; or (e) if neither paragraph (c) nor (d) applies—on and from the day the Registrar was notified, or otherwise became aware, of the fact that the child is a relevant dependent child of the parent.