ACTS AMENDMENT (LESBIAN AND GAY LAW REFORM) ACT 2002 (NO. 3 OF 2002) - SECT 88

ACTS AMENDMENT (LESBIAN AND GAY LAW REFORM) ACT 2002 (NO. 3 OF 2002) - SECT 88

88 .         Section 3 amended

        (1)         Section 3(1) is amended in the definition of “relative” as follows:

            (a)         in paragraph (a) by inserting after “spouse” —

                “ or de facto partner ”;

            (b)         in paragraph (b) by inserting after “spouse” —

                “ or de facto partner ”;

            (c)         in paragraph (d) by deleting “mother and reputed father” and inserting instead —

                “ parents ”.

        (2)         Section 3(1) is amended by inserting in the appropriate alphabetical position the following definition —

        "de facto partner" has a meaning affected by subsection (5);

”.

        (3)         Section 3(5) is amended as follows:

            (a)         by deleting “spouse” in the first place where it occurs and inserting instead —

                “ de facto partner ”;

            (b)         by deleting “includes a reference to a person” and inserting instead —

                “ means a person ”;

            (c)         by deleting “with the Member or relative as a de facto spouse if either —” and paragraph (a) and “or” after it and inserting instead —

“

                as a de facto partner of the Member or relative if either —

            (a)         the Member or relative and the person are both parents of the same child; or

”.