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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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