(b) a close personal relationship (other than a
marriage or a de facto relationship) between two adult persons, whether or not
related by family, who are living together, one or each of whom provides the
other with domestic support and personal care.
(2) For the purposes of
subsection (1) (b), a close personal relationship is taken not to exist
between two persons where one of them provides the other with domestic support
and personal care--
(a) for fee or reward, or
(b) on behalf of another person
or an organisation (including a government or government agency, a body
corporate or a charitable or benevolent organisation).
(3) A reference in
this Act to a child of the parties to a domestic relationship is a reference
to any of the following--
(a) a child born as a result of sexual relations
between the parties,
(4) Except as
provided by section 6, a reference in this Act to a party to a
domestic relationship includes a reference to a person who, whether before or
after the commencement of this subsection, was a party to such a relationship.