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

Schedule 4   Treasury amendments

Part 1   Superannuation law

Retirement Savings Accounts Act 1997

1   Subsections 20(2) and (3)

Repeal the subsections, substitute:

(2) The spouse , in relation to 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.

(3) Any child , in relation to a person, includes:

(a) a stepchild, an ex-nuptial child or an adopted child of the person; and

(b) a child of the person's spouse; and

(c) someone who is a child of the person within the meaning of the Family Law Act 1975.