Commonwealth Numbered Acts

HEALTH LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1986 No. 75 of 1986 - SECT 58

58. Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended-
(a) by inserting after the definition of "day hospital facility" in
sub-section (1) the following definition:

" 'de facto spouse' means a person who is living with another person of the
opposite sex on a bona fide domestic basis although not legally married to
that other person;";

   (b)  by omitting "wife" from paragraph (a) of the definition of "dependant"
(in relation to a pensioner) in sub-section (1) and substituting "spouse";
(c) by omitting "wife or husband" from paragraph (b) of that definition and
substituting "spouse";
(d) by omitting "wife or husband" from sub-paragraph (c) (iv) of that
definition and substituting "spouse";
(e) by inserting after the definition of "short-term respite care patient" in
sub-section (1) the following definition:

" 'spouse' includes a de facto spouse;";

   (f)  by omitting sub-section (2); and

   (g)  by omitting from sub-section (3) "sub-sections (1D) and (2)" and
        substituting "sub-section (1D)".