Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2016L00652:reg:5:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2016L00652
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 5 (pt 2/6)
Character Range: 9130–11834

to receive a Parliamentary allowance.
Note: In this instrument, a reference to a member includes a reference to a person who has ceased to be a member, but in relation to whom the Commonwealth has incurred a liability in accordance with this instrument (see section 6).
covered person means:
 (a) a member; or
 (b) the Prime Minister's spouse.
damages includes any amount paid under a compromise or settlement of a claim for damages (whether or not legal proceedings have been instituted), but does not include an amount paid in respect of costs incurred in connection with legal proceedings.
de facto partner of a person has the meaning given by the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.
dependant, in relation to a deceased covered person, means:
 (a) the partner, parent, step‑parent, father‑in‑law, mother‑in‑law, grandparent, child, stepchild, grandchild, sibling or half‑sibling of the covered person; or
 (b) a person in relation to whom the covered person stood in the position of a parent or who stood in the position of a parent to the covered person;
so long as the person was wholly or partly dependent on the covered person at the date of the covered person's death.
Note: See also section 7 (family relationships).
dependent means dependent for economic support.
disease has the meaning given by section 9.
household services, in relation to a covered person, means services of a domestic nature (including cooking, house cleaning, laundry and gardening services) that are required for the proper running and maintenance of the covered person's household.
impairment means the loss, the loss of the use, or the damage or malfunction, of any part of the body or of any bodily system or function or part of such system or function.
incapacity for work has the meaning given by section 13.
injury has the meaning given by section 8.
licensed corporation has the same meaning as in the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988.
loss, in relation to property used by a covered person, includes the destruction of that property.
medical treatment has the same meaning as in the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988, except that for the purposes of this instrument a reference to an employee in the definition of medical treatment in subsection 4(1) of that Act is taken to be a reference to a covered person.
non‑economic loss, in relation to a covered person who has suffered an injury resulting in a permanent impairment, means loss or damage of a non‑economic kind suffered by the covered person (including pain and suffering, a loss of expectation of life or a loss of the amenities or enjoyment of life) as a result of that injury or impairment and of which the covered person is