Paragraph 6 Maintenance assessment in force: subsequent application for a maintenance assessment in respect of additional children

Where there is in force a maintenance assessment made in response to an application under section 4 of the Act by an absent parent or person with care and that assessment is not in respect of all of the absent parent’s children who are in the care of the person with care with respect to whom that assessment was made—

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Where a maintenance assessment made in response to an application by a child under section 7 of the Act is in force and the person with care F3or the absent parent of that child makes an application for a maintenance assessment under section 4 of the Act in respect of F4one or more F5children of that absent parent who are in the care of that person with care, that application shall be treated as an application for a maintenance assessment with respect to all the children of that absent parent who are in the care of that person with care, and, that assessment shall replace the assessment currently in force.