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

Schedule 15   Veterans' Affairs

Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

41   At the end of section 5

Add:

(2) For the purposes of subparagraph (c)(i) of the definition of partner in subsection (1), section 11A of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 applies to the forming of the Commission's opinion about whether a person and a member are in a de facto relationship.

(3) For the purposes of subparagraph (c)(ii) of the definition of partner in subsection (1), a child who is, or has ever been, an adopted child of a person is taken to be the natural child of that person and the person is taken to be the natural parent of the child.