Definitions
5 Definitions
In these Regulations—
Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander means a person who—
is of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent; and
identifies as an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander; and
is accepted as an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander by an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander community;
domestic relationship means—
a registered domestic relationship; or
the relationship between 2 adult persons who are not married to each other but are a couple where one or each of the persons in the relationship provides personal or financial commitment and support of a domestic nature for the material benefit of the other, irrespective of their genders and whether they are living under the same roof, but does not include a relationship in which a person provides domestic support and personal care to the other person—
for fee or reward; or
on behalf of another person or an organisation (including a government or government agency, a body corporate or a charitable or benevolent organisation);
donor treatment procedure has the same meaning as in section 17B(4) of the Act;
registered ART provider has the same meaning as in section 3 of the Assisted Reproductive Treatment Act 2008;
registered domestic relationship means a registered domestic relationship within the meaning of the Relationships Act 2008;
relationship partner of a person means—
a person's spouse; or
a person with whom the person is in a domestic relationship;
relationship status means a person's status of being—
never validly married; or
married; or
in a domestic relationship; or
divorced; or
widowed; or
in relation to a domestic relationship, a person whose relationship partner has died;
the Act means the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1996.
Reg. 5A inserted by S.R. No. 92/2025 reg. 3.
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