Victorian Numbered Acts Victorian Numbered Acts(1) In section 2 of the Aboriginal Lands Act 1970 insert the following definitions—
""Aboriginal person" means a person belonging to the indigenous peoples of Australia;
"child" means a person who is under 18 years of age;
"domestic partner" of a person means—
(a) a person who is in a registered relationship with the person; or
(b) an adult person to whom the person is not married but with whom the person is in a relationship as a couple where one or each of them provides personal or financial commitment and support of a domestic nature for the material benefit of the other, irrespective of their genders and whether or not they are living under the same roof, but does not include a person who provides domestic support and personal care to the person—
(i) for fee or reward; or
(ii) on behalf of another person or an organisation (including a government or government agency, a body corporate or a charitable or benevolent organisation);
"independent auditor" means a person appointed under section 23AAB;
"independent investigation" means an investigation conducted under section 23AAB;
"instrument of transfer" means an instrument of transfer under section 13;
"personal representative" has the same meaning as in section 5(1) of the Administration and Probate Act 1958 ;
"register of members" means a register established under section 12(6);
"resident", in relation to the Framlingham reserve or the Lake Tyers reserve, means a person who—
(a) has maintained a permanent home on the reserve for a period of not less than 3 months; or
(b) having had a permanent home on the reserve, has temporarily left with the intention of returning to the reserve as the person's permanent home;
"spouse" of a person means a person to whom that person is married;
"strategic plan" means a plan approved under section 21B;".
(2) In section 2 of the Aboriginal Lands Act 1970 , the definition of aborigine is repealed .
(3) At the end of section 2 of the Aboriginal Lands Act 1970 insert —
"(2) For the purposes of the definition of domestic partner in subsection (1)—
(a) "registered relationship" has the same meaning as in the Relationships Act 2008 ; and
(b) in determining whether persons who are not in a registered 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; and
(c) a person is not a domestic partner of another person only because they are co-tenants.".