Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts4. Interpretation
(1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears -
"child", in relation to a deceased person, includes an adopted child and a grand-child and a stepchild of the deceased person;
"parent", in relation to a deceased person, includes an adoptive parent, and a step-father, a step-mother, a grand-father, and a grand-mother of the deceased person;
"personal representative", in relation to a deceased person, means the person to whom a grant of probate of the will or administration of the estate of the deceased person has been made in a State or Territory and includes an executor by representation of the deceased person, the Public Trustee if he is administering the estate of the deceased person and the Curator of Deceased Estates if he is administering the estate of the deceased person.
(2) Each of the following persons is, for the purposes of this Act, a member of a deceased person's family:
(a) a spouse or de facto partner of the deceased person;
(b) a child of the deceased person;
(c) a person to whom the deceased person stood, immediately before his death, in loco parentis;
(d) a person who stood, immediately before his death, in loco parentis to the deceased person;
(e) a parent of the deceased person;
(f) a brother, a sister, a half-brother and a half-sister of the deceased person;
(g) a former spouse or de facto partner of the deceased person.
(3) For the purposes of this Act -
(a) [Omitted]
(b) a child of a deceased person born alive after the death of that person shall be treated as having been born before the death of the deceased person; and
(c) [Omitted]
(d) an infant to whom a deceased person stood, immediately before his death, in loco parentis shall be treated as the child of the deceased person.
(4) A reference in this Act to an action or proceeding shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be read as a reference to an action or proceeding under this Act.