Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A person is a relative (other than a parent) of a child if:
(a) the person is not the child's parent or step - parent; and
(b) any of the following apply to the person:
(i) the person is related to the child by blood, adoption or marriage;
(ii) if the child is an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander child who has traditional Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander kinship ties--the person is related to the child under Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander kinship rules;
(iii) if the child is a member of a community that accepts relationships other than those referred to in subparagraphs (i) and (ii) as kinship ties--the person is accepted by the community to be related to the child.
(2) For the purposes of subparagraph (1)(b)(i), if one person is a relationship child, or a step - child, of another person, relationships traced to or through the person are to be determined on the basis that the person is related by blood to the other person.