Victorian Current Acts

CONSERVATION, FORESTS AND LANDS ACT 1987 - SECT 56

    (1)     In this Part—

S. 56(1) def. of Commission substituted as Authority by No. 67/2013 s. 649(Sch. 9 item 4(1)) (as amended by No. 44/2014 s. 24(40)).

"Authority" means the Victorian WorkCover Authority under the Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013 ;

"conservation work" means the carrying out of any work approved by the Secretary as "conservation work";

S. 56(1) def. of conservation worker amended by No. 76/1998 s. 3(1)(n).

"conservation worker" means a person who—

        (a)     in an unpaid capacity or as a volunteer engages in conservation work with the written approval of the Secretary; or

        (b)     in an unpaid capacity or as a volunteer engages in conservation work and is a member of an organization approved by the Secretary;

S. 56(1) def. of domestic partner inserted by No. 72/2001 s. 3(Sch. item 3.1), substituted by No. 12/2008 s. 73(1)(Sch.  1 item 8.1), amended by No. 4/2009 s. 37(Sch.  1 item 6.1).

"domestic partner" of a person means—

        (a)     a person who is in a registered domestic relationship with the person; or

        (b)     a person to whom the person is not married but with whom the person is living as a couple on a genuine domestic basis (irrespective of gender);

S. 56(1) def. of partner inserted by No. 72/2001 s. 3(Sch. item 3.1).

"partner" of a deceased conservation worker means the worker's spouse or domestic partner at the time of the worker's death;

S. 56(1) def. of spouse inserted by No. 72/2001 s. 3(Sch. item 3.1), amended by No. 67/2013 s. 649(Sch. 9 item 4(2)(a)).

"spouse" of a person means a person to whom the person is married.

S. 56(1) def. of Tribunal repealed by No. 67/2013 s. 649(Sch. 9 item 4(2)(b)).

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S. 56(2) inserted by No. 72/2001 s. 3(Sch. item 3.2), substituted by No. 12/2008 s. 73(1)(Sch.  1 item 8.2).

    (2)     For the purposes of the definition of domestic partner in subsection (1)—

S. 56(2)(a) amended by No. 4/2009 s. 37(Sch.  1 item 6.2(a)).

        (a)     "registered domestic relationship" has the same meaning as in the Relationships Act 2008 ; and

S. 56(2)(b) amended by No. 4/2009 s. 37(Sch.  1 item 6.2(b)).

        (b)     in determining whether persons who are not in a registered domestic relationship are domestic partners of each other, all the circumstances of their relationship are to be taken into account, including any one or more of the matters referred to in section 35(2) of the Relationships Act 2008 as may be relevant in a particular case.

S. 57 amended by No. 76/1998 s. 3(1)(o).