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 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 sub-section
(1), in determining whether persons 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 275(2) of the
Property Law Act 1958 as may be relevant in a particular case.