Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00122:section:7:p44
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00122
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 7 (pt 44/61)
Character Range: 290284–292800

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 (b) the value of the assets of the person's *partner.
 (9) A reference to the value of the assets of a person is, in relation to an asset owned by the person jointly or in common with one or more other people, a reference to the value of the person's interest in the asset.
 (10) A determination under paragraph (2)(a), (2)(b), (3)(a) or (3)(b) or subsection (4) is not a legislative instrument.

44‑26B  Definitions relating to the value of a person's assets
 (1) In section 44‑26A, and in this section:
child: without limiting who is a child of a person for the purposes of this section and section 44‑26A, each of the following is the child of a person:
 (a) a stepchild or an adopted child of the person;
 (b) someone who would be the stepchild of the person except that the person is not legally married to the person's partner;
 (c) someone who is a child of the person within the meaning of the Family Law Act 1975;
 (d) someone included in a class of persons specified for the purposes of this paragraph in the Subsidy Principles.
close relation, in relation to a person, means:
 (a) a parent of the person; or
 (b) a sister, brother, child or grandchild of the person; or
 (c) a person included in a class of persons specified in the Subsidy Principles.
Note: See also subsection (5).
dependent child has the meaning given by subsection (2).
homeowner has the meaning given by the Subsidy Principles.
maximum home value means the amount determined by the Minister by legislative instrument.
member of a couple means:
 (a) a person who is legally married to another person, and is not living separately and apart from the person on a permanent basis; or
 (b) a person whose relationship with 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, and who is not living separately and apart from the other person on a permanent basis; or
 (c) a person who lives with another person (whether of the same sex or a different sex) in a de facto relationship, although not legally married to the other person.
parent: without limiting who is a parent of a person for the purposes of this section and section 44‑26A, someone is the parent of a person if the person is his or her child because of the definition of child in this section.
partner, in relation to a person, means the other *member of a couple