Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

ACTS INTERPRETATION ACT 1901 - SECT 2D

    For the purposes of a provision of an Act that is a provision in which   de   facto   partner has the meaning given by this Act, a person is the   de   facto   partner of another person (whether of the same sex or a different sex) if:

  (a)   the person is in a registered relationship with the other person under section   2E; or

  (b)   the person is in a   de   facto   relationship with the other person under section   2F.