Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00134:section:10a
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00134
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 10A
Character Range: 101854–103034

10A  Interdependency relationship
 (1) Subject to subsection (3), for the purposes of this Act, 2 persons (whether or not related by family) have an interdependency relationship if:
 (a) they have a close personal relationship; and
 (b) they live together; and
 (c) one or each of them provides the other with financial support; and
 (d) one or each of them provides the other with domestic support and personal care.
 (2) Subject to subsection (3), for the purposes of this Act, if:
 (a) 2 persons (whether or not related by family) satisfy the requirement of paragraph (1)(a); and
 (b) they do not satisfy the other requirements of an interdependency relationship under subsection (1); and
 (c) the reason they do not satisfy the other requirements is that either or both of them suffer from a physical, intellectual or psychiatric disability;
they have an interdependency relationship.
 (3) The regulations may specify:
 (a) matters that are, or are not, to be taken into account in determining under subsection (1) or (2) whether 2 persons have an interdependency relationship; and
 (b) circumstances in which 2 persons have, or do not have, an interdependency relationship.