Same-Sex Relationships (Equal Treatment in Commonwealth Laws - Superannuation) Act 2008 (134 of 2008)

Schedule 3   Defence amendments

Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Act 1973

3   Subsection 3(1) (at the end of the definition of child )

Add:

; and (c) a person who:

(i) is, within the meaning of the Family Law Act 1975, a child of a spouse who survives the member; and

(ii) was wholly or substantially dependent upon the member at the time of the member's death.


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