Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2015C00455:clause:4_4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2015C00455
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 4 cl 4
Character Range: 45862–46454

4  Section 4 (definition of spouse)
Repeal the definition (not including the note), substitute:
spouse of a person includes:
 (a) another person (whether of the same sex or a different sex) with whom the person 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) another person who, although not legally married to the person, lives with the person on a genuine domestic basis in a relationship as a couple.