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SOCIAL SERVICES AMENDMENT ACT 1981 No. 159, 1981 - SECT 14
Interpretation
14. Section 105A of the Principal Act is amended-
(a) by omitting from sub-section (1) the definition of ''parent'' and
substituting the following definition:
'' 'parent' means-
(a) in relation to a child (other than an adopted child)-a natural parent
of the child; or
(b) in relation to an adopted child-an adoptive parent, or the adoptive
parent, of the child;'';
(b) by adding at the end of sub-section (1) the following definition:
'' 'refugee child' means a child who has refugee status granted by the
Australian Government''; and
(c) by inserting after sub-section (1) the following sub-section:
''(1A) For the purposes of a claim for a double orphan's pension in respect of
a refugee child, not being-
(a) a child who is an adopted child by virtue of an adoption under a law
in force in a State or Territory of the Commonwealth; or
(b) a child who is, or has at any time been, living in Australia with one
or both of his parents,
a parent of the child shall be deemed to be dead if either of the following
paragraphs applies in relation to the parent:
(c) the parent is living outside Australia;
(d) the whereabouts of the parent are not known to the claimant.''.
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