Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2015C00455:clause:4_1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2015C00455
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 4 cl 1
Character Range: 44626–45468

1  Subsections 20(2) and (3)
Repeal the subsections, substitute:
 (2) The spouse, in relation to a person, includes:
 (a) another person (whether of the same sex or a different sex) with whom the person is in a relationship that is registered under a law of a State or Territory prescribed for the purposes of section 22B of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 as a kind of relationship prescribed for the purposes of that section; and
 (b) another person who, although not legally married to the person, lives with the person on a genuine domestic basis in a relationship as a couple.
 (3) Any child, in relation to a person, includes:
 (a) a stepchild, an ex‑nuptial child or an adopted child of the person; and
 (b) a child of the person's spouse; and
 (c) someone who is a child of the person within the meaning of the Family Law Act 1975.