3Definitions

3 Definitions

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amended by No. 27/2001 s. 8(Sch. 6 item 4.2) (ILA s. 39B(1)).

(1) In this Act unless inconsistent with the context or subject-matter—

S. 3(1) def. of court amended by No. 19/1989 s. 16(Sch. item 41.1).

court includes every court having jurisdiction in the case;

business includes every trade occupation or profession.

S. 3(1) def. of domestic partner inserted by No. 27/2001 s. 8(Sch. 6 item 4.1), substituted by No. 12/2008 s. 73(1)(Sch. 1 item 44.1).

domestic partner of a person means—

(a) a person who is in a registered relationship with the person; or

(b) an adult person to whom the person is not married but with whom the person is in a relationship as a couple where one or each of them provides personal or financial commitment and support of a domestic nature for the material benefit of the other, irrespective of their genders and whether or not they are living under the same roof, but does not include a person who provides domestic support and personal care to the 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);

S. 3(1) def. of spouse inserted by No. 27/2001 s. 8(Sch. 6 item 4.1).

spouse of a person means a person to whom the person is married;

S. 3(2) inserted by No. 27/2001 s. 8(Sch. 6 item 4.2), substituted by No. 12/2008 s. 73(1)(Sch. 1 item 44.2).

(2) For the purposes of the definition of domestic partner in subsection (1)—

(a) registered relationship has the same meaning as in the Relationships Act 2008; and

(b) in determining whether persons who are not in a registered relationship are domestic partners of each other, all the circumstances of their relationship are to be taken into account, including any one or more of the matters referred to in section 35(2) of the Relationships Act 2008 as may be relevant in a particular case; and

(c) a person is not a domestic partner of another person only because they are co-tenants.

No. 3745 s. 4.