Family Law Amendment (De Facto Financial Matters and Other Measures) Act 2008 (115 of 2008)

Schedule 3A   Children

Family Law Act 1975

2   Before section 60F

Insert:

60EA Definition of de facto partner

For the purposes of this Subdivision, a person is the de facto partner of another person if:

(a) a relationship between the person and the other person (whether of the same sex or a different sex) is registered under a law of a State or Territory prescribed for the purposes of section 22B of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 as a kind of relationship prescribed for the purposes of that section; or

(b) the person is in a de facto relationship with the other person.