Same-Sex Relationships (Equal Treatment in Commonwealth Laws - General Law Reform) Act 2008 (144 of 2008)
Schedule 14 Treasury
Part 1 Amendment of tax laws
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
91 Subsection 995-1(1) (definition of child )
Repeal the definition, substitute:
child : without limiting who is a child of an individual, each of the following is the child of an individual:
(a) the individual's *adopted child, stepchild or exnuptial child;
(b) a child of the individual's *spouse;
(c) someone who is a child of the individual within the meaning of the Family Law Act 1975.