Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Conservation, Forests and Lands Act 1987 - SECT 56

PART 6 CONSERVATION WORKERS

Definitions

56. Definitions



(1) In this Part-

Commission means the Accident Compensation Commission under the
Accident Compensation Act 1985;

conservation work means the carrying out of any work approved by the Secretary
as "conservation work";

conservation worker means a person who-

   (a)  in an unpaid capacity or as a volunteer engages in conservation work
        with the written approval of the Secretary; or

   (b)  in an unpaid capacity or as a volunteer engages in conservation work
        and is a member of an organization approved by the Secretary;

domestic partner of a person means-

   (a)  a person who is in a registered relationship with the person; or

   (b)  a person to whom the person is not married but with whom the person is
        living as a couple on a genuine domestic basis (irrespective of
        gender);

partner of a deceased conservation worker means the worker's spouse or
domestic partner at the time of the worker's death;

spouse of a person means a person to whom the person is married;

Tribunal means the Accident Compensation Tribunal under the
Accident Compensation Act 1985.

(2) For the purposes of the definition of domestic partner in subsection (1)-

   (a)  registered relationship has the same meaning as in the
        Relationships Act 2008; and

   (b)  in determining whether persons who are not in a registered
        relationship are domestic partners of each other, all the
        circumstances of their relationship are to be taken into account,
        including any one or more of the matters referred to in section 35(2)
        of the Relationships Act 2008 as may be relevant in a particular case.