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<blockquote><tt>(6.5) For the purposes of subsection (6.4), in determining whether reasonable arrangements have been made for the support of a child, the court shall have regard to the applicable guidelines. However, the court shall not consider the arrangements to be unreasonable solely because the amount of support agreed to is not the same as the amount that would otherwise have been determined in accordance with the applicable guidelines.</tt></blockquote>
(The "applicable guidelines" means the [[Child Support Guidelines]], a regulation to the ''Divorce Act'' that describes the rules that the courts must apply when making an order for child support.)
These parts of section 17 all boil down to the following ideas: