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(b) by inserting in paragraph (2)(a) "or indefinite" after "permanent";

    (c) by omitting from subparagraph (2)(b)(i) "is living" and substituting "has a relationship";

    (d) by omitting from subparagraph (2)(b)(iii) "subsection (3)" and substituting "subsections (3) and (3A)";

    (e) by inserting after subsection (3):

    "(3A) The Secretary must not form the opinion that the relationship between a person and his or her partner is a marriage-like relationship if the person is living separately and apart from the partner on a permanent or indefinite basis.".

Qualification for sole parent pension

15. Section 249 of the Principal Act is amended:

(a) by omitting subparagraph (1)(a)(iii);

(b) by omitting from paragraph (1A)(a) "is living" and substituting "has a relationship";

(c) by adding at the end of subsection (1B) "and subsection 4(3A)".

Consequential amendments

16. (1) Each of the following provisions of the Principal Act is amended by inserting "or indefinite" after "permanent" (wherever occurring):

subsection 4(5)

paragraph 4(9A)(c)

paragraph 24(1)(b)

subsection 263(2)

subsections 264(3) and (4)

subsection 282(2)

subsections 283(3) and (4)

subparagraph 296(3)(c)(ii).

(2) Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from subsection (4) "is not living with the other person in a marriage-like relationship" and "is not living in a marriage-like relationship with the other person" and substituting in each case "does not have a marriage-like relationship with the other person".

(3) Each of the following provisions is amended by omitting "is not living with the other person in a marriage-like relationship" and substituting "does not have a marriage-like relationship with the other person":

subsection 264(2)

subsection 283(2)

subparagraph 296(3)(c)(i).

(4) Section 24 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from paragraph (2)(a) "is living" and substituting "has a relationship".

(5) Each of the following provisions of the Principal Act is amended by omitting "is living with the other person in a marriage-like relationship" and substituting "has a marriage-like relationship with the other person":

subsection 264(1)

subsection 283(1).

(6) Each of the following provisions of the Principal Act is amended by omitting paragraphs (a) and (b) and substituting:

    "(a) a person has a relationship with a person of the opposite sex ('other person'); and

    (b) the relationship between them is a marriage-like relationship in the Secretary's opinion (formed after the Secretary has had regard to all the circumstances of the relationship, including, in particular, the matters referred to in paragraphs 4(3)(a) to (e) and subsection 4(3A));":

subsection 1064(4)

subsection 1066(3)

subsection 1066A(5)

subsection 1067(2)

subsection 1067E(2)

subsection 1068(2).

(7) Each of the following provisions of the Principal Act is amended by omitting paragraphs (a) and (b) and substituting:

    "(a) a person who is permanently blind has a relationship with a person of the opposite sex ('other person'); and