Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2020L01671:clause:1_660n
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2020L01671
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Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 660N
Character Range: 15013–16446

660N  Member of couple definition for coronavirus period
 (1) If a person makes a claim for a jobseeker payment during the period beginning on 1 January 2021 and ending at the end of 31 March 2021, then, in applying this Part in connection with that claim and for a day in that period, subsection 1068(2) does not apply and the person is a member of a couple if:
 (a) the person is legally married to another person and is not living separately and apart from the other person on a permanent or indefinite basis; or
 (b) both of the following conditions are met:
 (i) a relationship between the 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 2E of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 as a kind of relationship prescribed for the purposes of that section;
 (ii) the person is not living separately and apart from the other person on a permanent or indefinite basis; or
 (c) all of the following conditions are met:
 (i) the person has a relationship with another person, whether of the same sex or a different sex (in this paragraph called the partner);
 (ii) the person is not legally married to the partner;
 (iii) the relationship between the person and the partner is a de facto relationship.
 (2) Subsection (1) applies despite subsections 4(2), (3) and (3A) but is subject to subsections 4(6) and (6A) and section 24.