ACTS AMENDMENT (LESBIAN AND GAY LAW REFORM) ACT 2002 (NO. 3 OF 2002) - SECT 84

ACTS AMENDMENT (LESBIAN AND GAY LAW REFORM) ACT 2002 (NO. 3 OF 2002) - SECT 84

84 .         Section 5 amended

                Section 5 is amended by inserting in the appropriate alphabetical positions the following definitions —

“

        "de facto partner "and "de facto relationship” have the meanings given in section 13A;

        "parent" includes the following —

            (a)         a person who is a parent within the meaning of the Artificial Conception Act 1985 ;

            (b)         a person who is an adoptive parent under the Adoption Act 1994 ;

        "spouse", in relation to a person, means a person who is lawfully married to that person;

”.