Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SOCIAL SERVICES ACT (No. 3) 1975 No. 110, 1975 - SECT 7

7. Section 59 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section
(1) the definition of ''widow'' and substituting the following definition:-

'' 'widow' includes-

   (a)  a dependent female;

   (b)  a deserted wife;

   (c)  a woman whose marriage has been dissolved and who has not remarried;

   (d)  a woman whose husband is a mental hospital patient; and

   (e)  a woman whose husband has been convicted of an offence and is
        imprisoned and has been imprisoned for a period of not less than six
        months, including any period of imprisonment prior to and continuous
        with the period of imprisonment following upon the conviction,

but does not include a woman who is living with a man as his wife on a bona
fide domestic basis although not legally married to him.''.