3AChild of Australian mariner

3A Child of Australian mariner

(1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears, a reference to a child of an Australian mariner, or of a deceased Australian mariner, shall be read as a reference to: (a) a child of whom the mariner is the father or mother or a child adopted by the mariner or the mariner and the mariner’s spouse; or (b) any other child who is, or was immediately before the death of the mariner, wholly or substantially dependent on the mariner. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), where an Australian mariner is, under a law of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory, liable to maintain a child, the child shall be deemed to be wholly or substantially dependent on that mariner.

Section 14:

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Section 15:

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