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

Schedule 4   Treasury amendments

Part 1   Superannuation law

Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993

10   Subsection 10(1) (definition of spouse )

Repeal the definition, substitute:

spouse of 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 22B 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.