Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Climate Change and Water) Share this | Hansard source

I move request (15) on sheet QH401:

(15)  Schedule 2, page 20, (after line 3), after item 52, insert:

Family Law Act 1975

52A Subsection 4(1) (paragraphs (b) and (c) of the definition of step-parent)

Repeal the paragraphs, substitute:

             (b)    is, or has been, married to or a de facto partner (within the meaning of section 60EA) of, a parent of the child; and

             (c)    treats, or at any time while married to, or a de facto partner of, the parent treated, the child as a member of the family formed with the parent.

52B  Paragraph 66M(3)(b)

After “marriage to”, insert “, or relationship with,”.

52C  Application to the Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988

To the extent that the amendment of the Family Law Act 1975 made by this Schedule affects the definition of step-parent in subsection 4(1) of the Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988, it applies in relation to that definition on and after 1 July 2009.