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Parliament Act 2025

Salaries, allowances, expenses, and services for members and others - Purposes and interpretation - Interpretation

64: Meaning of dependent child

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You are considered a dependent child if you are under 18 years old. You can also be a dependent child if you are 18 or older and enrolled at a registered school as defined in section 10(1) of the Education and Training Act 2020. You must be living with a person who looks after you and provides ongoing care, and not be in a marriage, civil union, or de facto relationship.

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Part 4Salaries, allowances, expenses, and services for members and others
Purposes and interpretation: Interpretation

64Meaning of dependent child

  1. Dependent child, in relation to a person (A), means a person—

  2. who is—
    1. under the age of 18 years; or
      1. aged 18 years or older and enrolled at a registered school within the meaning of section 10(1) of the Education and Training Act 2020; and
      2. who is being maintained as a member of A’s family; and
        1. to whom A provides ongoing care; and
          1. who is not living with another person in a marriage, civil union, or de facto relationship.

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            • 2013 No 93 s 5