"close personal relationship" is defined in subsection (3).
"costs" , in relation to proceedings under this Act, means costs payable in or
in relation to the proceedings, and includes fees, disbursements, expenses and
remuneration.
"Court" means--
(a) the Supreme Court, in relation to any matter (including a
matter referred to in paragraph (b)), or
"family provision order" means an order made by the Court under Chapter 3 in
relation to the estate or notional estate of a deceased person to provide from
that estate for the maintenance, education or advancement in life of an
eligible person.
(2) A reference in this Act to a child or issue of
any person includes a child or issue who is born after the person's death
after a period of gestation in the uterus that commenced before the person's
death and survives the person for at least 30 days after birth.
(3) For the
purposes of this Act, a
"close personal relationship" is a close personal relationship (other than a
marriage or a de facto relationship) between two adult persons, whether or not
related by family, who are living together, one or each of whom provides the
other with domestic support and personal care.
(4) For the purposes of
subsection (3), a close personal relationship is taken not to exist between
two persons where one of them provides the other with domestic support and
personal care--
(a) for fee or reward, or
(b) on behalf of another person or
an organisation (including a government or government agency, a body corporate
or a charitable or benevolent organisation).
(5) Notes included in this Act
do not form part of this Act.