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Marginal note:Coming into force

27 These Guidelines come into force on May 1, 1997.

Marginal note:Definitions

• 2 (1) The definitions in this subsection apply in these Guidelines.

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• Marginal note:Most current information

  (3) Where, for the purposes of these Guidelines, any amount is determined on the basis of specified information, the most current information must be used.

• Marginal note:Application of Guidelines

  (4) In addition to child support orders, these Guidelines apply, with such modifications as the circumstances require, to

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• Marginal note:Calculations and recalculations

  (5) For greater certainty, the provisions of these Guidelines that confer a discretionary power on a court do not apply to calculations or recalculations by a provincial child support service under subsection 25.01(1) or 25.1(1) of the Act.

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Marginal note:Definitions

• 2 (1) The definitions in this subsection apply in these Guidelines.

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• Marginal note:Most current information

  (3) Where, for the purposes of these Guidelines, any amount is determined on the basis of specified information, the most current information must be used.

• Marginal note:Application of Guidelines

  (4) In addition to child support orders, these Guidelines apply, with such modifications as the circumstances require, to

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• Marginal note:Recalculations

  (5) For greater certainty, the provisions of these Guidelines that confer a discretionary power on a court do not apply to recalculations under paragraph 25.1(1)(b) of the Act by a provincial child support service.

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Marginal note:Continuing obligation to provide income information

• 25 (1) Every spouse against whom a child support order has been made must, on the written request of the other spouse or the order assignee, not more than once a year after the making of the order and as long as the child is a child within the meaning of these Guidelines, provide that other spouse or the order assignee with

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• Marginal note:Below minimum income

  (2) Where a court has determined that the spouse against whom a child support order is sought does not have to pay child support because his or her income level is below the minimum amount required for application of the tables, that spouse must, on the written request of the other spouse, not more than once a year after the determination and as long as the child is a child within the meaning of these Guidelines, provide the other spouse with the documents referred to in subsection 21(1) for any of the three most recent taxation years for which the spouse has not previously provided the documents.

• Marginal note:Obligation of receiving spouse

  (3) Where the income information of the spouse in favour of whom a child support order is made is used to determine the amount of the order, the spouse must, not more than once a year after the making of the order and as long as the child is a child within the meaning of these Guidelines, on the written request of the other spouse, provide the other spouse with the documents and information referred to in subsection (1).

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Marginal note:Presumptive rule

• 3 (1) Unless otherwise provided under these Guidelines, the amount of a child support order for children under the age of majority is

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• Marginal note:Child the age of majority or over

  (2) Unless otherwise provided under these Guidelines, where a child to whom a child support order relates is the age of majority or over, the amount of the child support order is

  • (a) the amount determined by applying these Guidelines as if the child were under the age of majority; or

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