Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C00203:clause:6_165b
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C00203
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 6 cl 165B
Character Range: 173785–175537

165B  Meaning of relative for this Chapter
 (1) In this Chapter:
relative of a person (the original person):
 (a) means the original person's:
 (i) parent, grandparent, step‑parent, father‑in‑law or mother‑in‑law; or
 (ii) child, grandchild, stepchild, son‑in‑law or daughter‑in‑law; or
 (iii) sibling, half‑sibling or step‑sibling or
 (iv) uncle, aunt, uncle‑in‑law or aunt‑in‑law; or
 (v) nephew, niece or cousin; and
 (b) if the original person has or had a de facto partner—includes someone who would have been a relative mentioned in paragraph (a) if the original person had been married to the de facto partner; and
 (c) includes:
 (i) someone who has been a relative mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) of the original person; and
 (ii) if the original person is an Indigenous person—the persons mentioned in subsection (3); and
 (iii) someone regarded and treated by the original person as a relative; and
 (iv) anyone else who could reasonably be considered to be, or have been, a relative of the original person.
 (2) In this section:
Indigenous person means a person who is:
 (a) a member of the Aboriginal race of Australia; or
 (b) a descendant of an Indigenous inhabitant of the Torres Strait Islands.
 (3) For the purposes of subparagraph (c)(ii) of the definition of relative in subsection (1), the persons are as follows:
 (a) someone the original person has responsibility for, or an interest in, in accordance with the traditional laws and customs of the community of Indigenous persons to which the original person belongs;
 (b) someone who has responsibility for, or an interest in, the original person in accordance with the traditional laws and customs of the community of Indigenous persons to which the original person belongs.