Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2015C00455:clause:4_6
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2015C00455
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 4 cl 6
Character Range: 46745–47359

6  Subsection 54(3) (definition of spouse)
Repeal the definition, substitute:
spouse of a beneficiary of a Government co‑contribution includes:
 (a) a person (whether of the same sex or a different sex) with whom the beneficiary is in a relationship that is registered under a law of a State or Territory prescribed for the purposes of section 22B of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 as a kind of relationship prescribed for the purposes of that section; and
 (b) a person who, although not legally married to the beneficiary, lives with the beneficiary on a genuine domestic basis in a relationship as a couple.