Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2008A00144:clause:6_63
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2008A00144
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 6 cl 63
Character Range: 85276–86014

63  After subsection 24(1)
Insert:

 (1A) If:
 (a) a relationship between a person and another person (whether of the same sex or a different sex) 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) the person is not living separately and apart from the other person on a permanent or indefinite basis; and
 (c) the Secretary is satisfied that the person should, for a special reason in the particular case, not be treated as a member of a couple;
the Secretary may determine, in writing, that the person is not to be treated as a member of a couple for the purposes of this Act.