Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

INTERNATIONAL TRANSFER OF PRISONERS ACT 1997 - SECT 4AA

  (1)   A close family member of a person is:

  (a)   the person's spouse or   de   facto   partner; or

  (b)   a parent, step - parent or grandparent of the person; or

  (c)   a child, stepchild or grandchild of the person; or

  (d)   a brother, sister, stepbrother or stepsister of the person; or

  (e)   a guardian or carer of the person.

Note:   De   facto   partner , parent and child are defined in subsection   4(1).

  (2)   For the purposes of, and without limiting, subsection   (1):

  (a)   if one person is the child of another person because of the definition of child , relationships traced to or through the person are to be determined on the basis that the person is the child of the other person; and

  (b)   someone is the stepchild , stepbrother , stepsister or step - parent of another person if this would be the case except that 2 persons who are each other's   de   facto   partner are not legally married.