Section 196 — Social Security Act 2018: Rules for assessing which parent has greater responsibility for dependent child

196 Rules for assessing which parent has greater responsibility for dependent child For the purposes of deciding under section 195(3)(a) which parent has greater responsibility for the child, MSD must have regard primarily to the time that the child is in the care of each parent and then to the following factors: (a) how the responsibility for decisions about the daily activities of the child is shared; and (b) who is responsible for taking the child to and from school and supervising that child’s leisure activities; and (c) how decisions about the education or health care of the child are made; and (d) the financial arrangements for the child’s material support; and (e) which parent pays for which expenses of the child. Compare: 1964 No 136 s 70B(2)