As I indicated in my opening statement, we found that the female presumption program concept presents a challenge for administration, and not just for the agency but also for the applicant. There seems to be some sense of confusion about who the primary caregiver is.
By law, the primary caregiver is presumed to be the female parent. If this clause is rebutted, the male parent could also be the person entitled to get the payment. Sometimes, as we saw in the sample that we reviewed, there was some confusion in identifying who the primary caregiver was, and sometimes the amount that should have been given to that person was not given at the initial point.