Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2008A00049:clause:3_1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2008A00049
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 3 cl 1
Character Range: 11076–11720

1  At the end of section 84B
Add:

 (5) For the purposes of the definition of spouse in subsection (4):
 (a) a person who is legally married to another person (the person's partner) is not taken to be living separately and apart from the person's partner on a permanent basis, if the person is living apart from the person's partner only because of the illness or infirmity of either or both of them; and
 (b) a person is not taken to have ceased to live with another person (the person's partner) on a de facto basis, if the person is living apart from the person's partner only because of the illness or infirmity of either or both of them.