Retirement Savings Accounts Act 1997

PART 2 - KEY CONCEPTS AND OTHER DEFINITIONS  

Division 2 - Interpretation  

SECTION 20   DEFINITION OF DEPENDANT  

20(1)   [Dependant]  

For the purposes of this Act, dependant , in relation to a person, includes the spouse of the person, any child of the person and any person with whom the person has an interdependency relationship.

20(2)   [Spouse]  

The spouse , in relation to a person, includes:

(a) another person (whether of the same sex or a different sex) with whom the person is in a relationship that is registered under a law of a State or Territory prescribed for the purposes of section 2E of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 as a kind of relationship prescribed for the purposes of that section; and

(b) another person who, although not legally married to the person, lives with the person on a genuine domestic basis in a relationship as a couple.

20(3)   [Child]  

Any child , in relation to a person, includes:

(a) a stepchild, an ex-nuptial child or an adopted child of the person; and

(b) a child of the person ' s spouse; and

(c) someone who is a child of the person within the meaning of the Family Law Act 1975 .

20(4)   [Adopted child]  

An adopted child , in relation to a person, means a person adopted by that person:

(a) under the law of a State or Territory relating to the adoption of children; or

(b) under the law of any other place relating to the adoption of children, if the validity of the adoption would be recognised under the law of any State or Territory.