South Australian Consolidated Acts

FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS ACT 1975 - SECT 10A

10A—Interpretation

        (1)         In this Part—

"fertilisation procedure" means—

            (a)         artificial insemination; or

            (b)         the procedure of fertilising a human ovum outside the body and transferring the fertilised ovum into the body; or

            (c)         the procedure of transferring an unfertilised human ovum into the body for the purpose of fertilisation within the body;

"married woman" or "wife" includes a woman who is living with a man as his wife on a genuine domestic basis; and "husband" has a correlative meaning.

        (2)         A reference in this Part to the "husband" of a woman shall, where the woman has a lawful spouse but is living with some other man as his wife on a genuine domestic basis, be construed as a reference to the man with whom she is living and not the lawful spouse.