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

Schedule 6   Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

Part 2   Amendments commencing on 1 July 2009

Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989

22A   Subsection 5(1) (paragraph (b) of the definition of member of a couple)

Repeal the paragraph, substitute:

(b) a person who is living with another person as the partner of the other person on a genuine domestic basis although not legally married to the other person; or

(c) a person whose relationship with another person (whether of the same sex or a different sex) 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 is not living separately and apart from the other person on a permanent or indefinite basis.