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

Schedule 4   Treasury amendments

Part 1   Superannuation law

Superannuation (Government Co-contribution for Low Income Earners) Act 2003

6   Subsection 54(3) (definition of spouse )

Repeal the definition, substitute:

spouse of a beneficiary of a Government co-contribution includes:

(a) a person (whether of the same sex or a different sex) with whom the beneficiary 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) a person who, although not legally married to the beneficiary, lives with the beneficiary on a genuine domestic basis in a relationship as a couple.