Commonwealth Numbered Acts

CHILD SUPPORT (ASSESSMENT) ACT 1989 No. 124 of 1989 - SECT 52

52. (1) If, in relation to a day in a child support year, the sum (in this
subsection called the "combined liability amount") of the annual rates of
child support that would, apart from this section, be payable by the relevant
parents for the relevant child or children exceeds 1.5 times the maximum
possible child support liability, the annual rate of child support payable, in
relation to that day, by either of the relevant parents for the relevant child
or children is to be calculated by multiplying the annual rate of child
support that would, apart from this section, be payable by the relevant parent
for the relevant child or children by the factor calculated using the formula:
1.5 X maximum possible child support liability
combined liability amount.

(2) In subsection (1):

"maximum possible child support liability" means the annual rate of child
support that would be payable in relation to that day by a person who is a
liable parent if:

   (a)  the number of children for whom the person was a liable parent were
        the number of children for whom the 2 relevant parents are both
        liable parents and not eligible custodians; and

   (b)  the person's child support income amount were 2.5 times the yearly
        equivalent of the relevant AWE amount for the child support year; and

   (c)  the person did not have a relevant dependent child; and

   (d)  the custodian entitled to child support was not a parent of any of the
        children for whom child support was payable by the person.