COMPENSATION TO RELATIVES ACT 1897 - SECT 7
Construction of Act
COMPENSATION TO RELATIVES ACT 1897 - SECT 7
Construction of Act
7 Construction of Act
(1) The following words are intended to have the meanings hereby assigned to
them respectively, so far as such meanings are not excluded by the context or
by the nature of the subject matter, that is to say, the word
"parent" shall include father and mother, and grandfather and grandmother, and
stepfather and stepmother, and any person standing in loco parentis to
another; and the word
"child" shall include son and daughter, and grandson and granddaughter, and
stepson and stepdaughter, and any person to whom another stands in loco
parentis; and the word
"declaration" shall include any statement of the cause of action appropriate
to the court in which the action is brought.
(2) In this Act
"administrator" means administrator within the meaning of the Probate and
Administration Act 1898 and includes the NSW Trustee and Guardian acting as
collector of an estate under an order to collect.
(3) In this Act
"executor" means the executor to whom probate has been granted and includes an
executor by right of representation.
(4) In this Act,
"spouse" means:
(a) the person to whom a person is legally married (including
the husband or wife of a person), or
