Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00150:section:17
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00150
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 17
Character Range: 157034–157938

17  Meaning of child of a person
 (1) A child of a person includes:
 (a) someone who is a child of the person within the meaning of the Family Law Act 1975; and
 (b) an adopted child or step‑child of the person.
It does not matter whether the child is an adult.
 (2) If, under this section, one person is a child of another person, other family relationships are also to be determined on the basis that the child is a child of that other person.
Note: For example, for the purpose of leave entitlements in relation to immediate family under Division 7 of Part 2‑2 (which deals with personal/carer's leave, compassionate leave and paid family and domestic violence leave):
(a) the other person is the parent of the child, and so is a member of the child's immediate family; and
(b) the child, and any other children, of the other person are siblings, and so are members of each other's immediate family.