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5 Definitions

In these Regulations—

Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander means a person who—

(a)

is of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent; and

(b)

identifies as an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander; and

(c)

is accepted as an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander by an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander community;

domestic relationship means—

(a)

a registered domestic relationship; or

(b)

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—

(i)

for fee or reward; or

(ii)

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)

a person's spouse; or

(b)

a person with whom the person is in a domestic relationship;

relationship status means a person's status of being—

(a)

never validly married; or

(b)

married; or

(c)

in a domestic relationship; or

(d)

divorced; or

(e)

widowed; or

(f)

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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