(1)

A dependant of a member means any person mentioned in subsection (2):

(a) who is wholly or partly dependent on the member; or
(b) who would be wholly or partly dependent on the member but for an incapacity of the member that resulted from an injury or disease or an aggravation of an injury or disease.

Note 1: Sections 17 and 18 set out some examples of when a person is wholly dependent on a member.

Note 2: This section also applies to former members (see section 20).

(2)

These are the persons who can be a dependant of a member for the purposes of subsection (1):

(a) any of the following persons:
(i) the member's partner;
(ii) the member's father, mother, step-father or step-mother;
(iii) the father, mother, step-father or step-mother of the member's partner;
(iv) the member's grandfather or grandmother;
(v) the member's son, daughter, step-son or step-daughter;
(vi) the son, daughter, step-son or step-daughter of the member's partner;
(vii) the member's grandson or grand-daughter;
(viii) the member's brother, sister, half-brother or half-sister; or

Note: This paragraph is affected by section 16.

(b) a person in respect of whom the member stands in the position of a parent; or
(c) a person who stands in the position of a parent to the member.