Queensland Consolidated Acts

WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION ACT 2003 - SECT 611

611 Spouse of worker dying before 1 April 2004

(1) This section applies in relation to a death of a worker that happens after the commencement of this section but before 1 April 2004.

(2) For this Act, the spouse of the deceased worker includes a person who, although not legally married to the deceased worker—

(a) lived with the worker as the worker’s husband or wife for a continuous period of at least 1 year immediately before the commencement of this section; and

(b) continued to live with the worker as the worker’s husband or wife until the worker died.