Method statement

Step 1.   Work out the following amount:

Step 2.   If the parent has a relevant dependent child, take the parent's relevant dependent child amount (see section   46) for the day from the amount worked out under step 1.

Step 3.   For each of the children (the multi - case children ) for whom the parent is assessed in respect of the costs of the child for the day, work out the multi - case child costs for the particular child for the day under section   55HA, as if:

  (a)   the parent's annual rate of child support were assessed under Subdivision D of Division   2; and

  (b)   the reference in subsection   55HA(2) to the parent's child support income were a reference to the amount worked out under step 1 or 2 (as the case requires); and

  (c)   references in section   55HA to children in the child support case that relates to the child were references to all of the parent's multi - case children.

Step 4.   The parent's multi - case allowance for the particular child for the day is the sum of the multi - case child costs for each of the other multi - case children (excluding the particular child and any other children in the child support case that relates to the particular child).