Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

FAMILY PROVISION (AMENDMENT) ACT 1996 (NO. 16 OF 1996) - SECT 6

6. Section 7 of the Principal Act is amended—

    (a)     by omitting paragraphs (1) (a) and (b) and substituting the following paragraphs:

    “(a)     a spouse of the deceased;

        (b)     a domestic partner of the deceased;”;

    (b)     by omitting from paragraph (1) (e) “and”;

    (c)     by omitting from subsection (2) “person, being a former wife or former husband of a deceased person or a”;

    (d)     by omitting from subsection (2) “unless the person” and substituting “unless the stepchild”;

    (e)     by inserting in paragraph (4) (a) “or her” after “his”;

    (f)     by omitting from paragraph (4) (b) “his” and substituting “any”; and

    (g)     by inserting in subsection (7) “or her” after “his”.