2Interpretation

#### 2 Interpretation In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears: > de facto partner of a person has the meaning given by the Acts Interpretation Act 1901. > eligible person means: (a) a former member of the Royal Australian Air Force; or (b) a former member of the Royal Australian Air Force Nursing Service; or (c) a former member of the Women’s Auxiliary Australian Air Force; or (d) a surviving spouse or de facto partner of a person referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c); or (e) a parent of a former member referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c), if: (i) the former member is deceased and does not have a surviving spouse or de facto partner; and (ii) the parent is the surviving spouse or de facto partner of another person who has died; and (iii) the parent was, at the time of the former member’s appointment to, or enlistment in, the Force or Service referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c), dependent on the former member; or (f) a parent of a former member referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c), if: (i) the former member is deceased and does not have a surviving spouse or de facto partner; or (ii) the parent has a spouse or de facto partner who is so incapacitated as to be unable to contribute materially to the support of the parent. > parent: without limiting who is a parent of anyone for the purposes of this Act, a person is the parent of another person if the other person is a child of the person within the meaning of the Family Law Act 1975. > surviving spouse or de facto partner, in relation to a deceased person, means a person who was the spouse or de facto partner of the deceased person immediately before the deceased’s death. > the Fund means the Royal Australian Air Force Veterans’ Residences Trust Fund established under this Act. > the Trust means the Royal Australian Air Force Veterans’ Residences Trust established under this Act.