Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Commonwealth Powers (De Facto Relationships) Act 2004 - SECT 3

Definitions

3. Definitions



(1) In this Act-

de facto partner means a person who lives or has lived in a de facto
relationship; de facto relationship means a marriage-like relationship (other
than a legal marriage) between two persons; financial matters, in relation to
de facto partners, means any or all of the following matters-

   (a)  the maintenance of de facto partners;

   (b)  the distribution of the property of de facto partners;

   (c)  the distribution of any other financial resources of de facto
        partners, including prospective superannuation entitlements or other
        valuable benefits of or relating to de facto partners; property means
        any legal or equitable estate or interest (whether present or future
        and whether vested or contingent) in real or personal property of any
        description and wherever situated, including money or choses in
        action.

(2) For the purposes of this Act, a de facto relationship exists even if a de
facto partner is legally married to someone else or is in another de facto
relationship.

(3) A reference in this Act-

   (a)  to the property or other financial resources of de facto partners
        includes a reference to the property or other financial resources of
        either or both of them; and

   (b)  to the distribution of any such property or resources includes a
        reference to the conferral of rights or obligations in relation to the
        property or resources.

(4) This Act extends to de facto relationships that ended before the
commencement of this Act.