Same-Sex Relationships (Equal Treatment in Commonwealth Laws - General Law Reform) Act 2008 (144 of 2008)

Schedule 10   Immigration and Citizenship

Part 4   Immigration (Guardianship of Children) Act 1946

80   Section 4

Insert:

relative of a person includes:

(a) a parent of the person; and

(b) anyone who is a step-parent of the person or would be except that he or she is not legally married to his or her de facto partner (within the meaning of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901); and

(c) anyone else who would be a relative of the person if someone mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) were a relative of the person.