•       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.