Commonwealth Numbered Acts

HOMES SAVINGS GRANTS ACT 1976 No. 183 of 1976 - SECT 6

6. (1) A reference in this Act, in relation to a date, to the spouse of a
person shall be read as a reference to-

   (a)  a person who, on that date, was legally married to the first-
        mentioned person, except where, by virtue of a direction of the
        Secretary under sub-section (2), the persons are to be treated, for
        the purposes of this paragraph, as if they were not spouses on that
        date; or

   (b)  a person who, on that date, was living with the first-mentioned person
        as husband or wife on a bona fide domestic basis although not legally
        married to that person.

(2) Where the Secretary is satisfied that, on a particular date, persons who
were legally married to each other were living apart and had no intention of
resuming co-habitation, he may direct that, for the purposes of paragraph (1)
(a), they be treated as persons who were not spouses on that date.