# Child Support Act 1991, Paragraph 6

Extent: E+W+S

(1) If the non-resident parent has more than one qualifying child and in relation to them there is more than one person with care, the amount of child support maintenance payable is (subject to paragraph 7 or 8) to be determined by apportioning the rate between the persons with care.
(2) The rate of maintenance liability is to be divided by the number of qualifying children, and shared among the persons with care according to the number of qualifying children in relation to whom each is a person with care.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/48/schedule/1/paragraph/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-act-1991/schedule-1/paragraph-6
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