Relationships (Statutory References) Act 2005

6 Amendments to Status of Children Act 1969

• (1) Section 14(1) of the principal Act is amended by repealing the definitions of de facto partner, partner, and partnered woman and substituting the following definitions:

  “partner,—

  • “(a) in relation to a woman who is married or in a civil union and to whom paragraph (b) does not apply, means the woman’s husband or civil union partner; and

  • “(b) in relation to a woman (woman A) who is married or in a civil union but is living with a man, or with another woman, as a de facto partner, means the man or other woman who is living with woman A as a de facto partner (and so does not mean woman A’s husband or civil union partner); and

  • “(c) in relation to a woman (woman A) who is not married or in a civil union but is living with a man, or with another woman, as a de facto partner, means the man or other woman who is living with woman A as a de facto partner

  “partnered woman means a woman who—

  • “(a) is married or in a civil union; or

  • “(b) is married or in a civil union, but is living with a man, or with another woman, as a de facto partner; or

  • “(c) is not married or in a civil union but is living with a man, or with another woman, as a de facto partner”.

  (2) This section comes into force on 1 July 2005.