Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

GOVERNOR-GENERAL ACT 1974 - SECT 2C

    For the purposes of this Act, a person is a spouse of a deceased person if:

  (a)   the person had a marital or couple relationship with the deceased person at the time of the deceased person's death; or

  (b)   the person:

  (i)   had previously had a marital or couple relationship with the deceased person; and

  (ii)   did not, at the time of the death, have a marital or couple relationship with the deceased person but was legally married to the deceased person; and

  (iii)   in the Finance Secretary's opinion, was wholly or substantially dependent on the deceased person at the time of the death.