36.5 'Spouse' - S19(1)(a)
Section 19(12)(a) provides that a 'spouse' of a client is a prescribed person' for the purposes of S19 (and S22).
A definition of 'spouse' in S4(1) does not purport to define the term, it merely extends its meaning to include de facto spouses, whether of the same sex or a different sex, partners in a prescribed registered relationship and living together and spouses by Indigenous custom.
Section 4(5) deems a spouse who was living with a client at the time of the client's death (or injury, as a matter of policy) to be dependent on the client.
Source URL: https://clik.dva.gov.au/military-compensation-srca-manuals-and-resources-library/incapacity-handbook/ch-36-minimum-payment-and-statutory-rates-s196-14/365-spouse-s191a
36.5.1 Legal marriage
Section 19(12)(a) provides that a 'spouse' of a client is a prescribed person' for the purposes of S19 (and S22).
A definition of 'spouse' in S4(1) does not purport to define the term, it merely extends its meaning to include de facto spouses, whether of the same sex or a different sex, partners in a prescribed registered relationship and living together and spouses by Indigenous custom.
Section 4(5) deems a spouse who was living with a client at the time of the client's death (or injury, as a matter of policy) to be dependent on the client.
Source URL: https://clik.dva.gov.au/military-compensation-srca-manuals-and-resources-library/incapacity-handbook/ch-36-minimum-payment-and-statutory-rates-s196-14/365-spouse-s191a/3651-legal-marriage
36.5.2 Separation - legally married persons
Section 19(12)(a) provides that a 'spouse' of a client is a prescribed person' for the purposes of S19 (and S22).
A definition of 'spouse' in S4(1) does not purport to define the term, it merely extends its meaning to include de facto spouses, whether of the same sex or a different sex, partners in a prescribed registered relationship and living together and spouses by Indigenous custom.
Section 4(5) deems a spouse who was living with a client at the time of the client's death (or injury, as a matter of policy) to be dependent on the client.
Source URL: https://clik.dva.gov.au/military-compensation-srca-manuals-and-resources-library/incapacity-handbook/ch-36-minimum-payment-and-statutory-rates-s196-14/365-spouse-s191a/3652-separation-legally-married-persons
36.5.3 Extended meanings of spouse - S4(1), SRCA
Section 19(12)(a) provides that a 'spouse' of a client is a prescribed person' for the purposes of S19 (and S22).
A definition of 'spouse' in S4(1) does not purport to define the term, it merely extends its meaning to include de facto spouses, whether of the same sex or a different sex, partners in a prescribed registered relationship and living together and spouses by Indigenous custom.
Section 4(5) deems a spouse who was living with a client at the time of the client's death (or injury, as a matter of policy) to be dependent on the client.
Source URL: https://clik.dva.gov.au/military-compensation-srca-manuals-and-resources-library/incapacity-handbook/ch-36-minimum-payment-and-statutory-rates-s196-14/365-spouse-s191a/3653-extended-meanings-spouse-s41-srca
36.5.4 De-facto spouses
Section 19(12)(a) provides that a 'spouse' of a client is a prescribed person' for the purposes of S19 (and S22).
A definition of 'spouse' in S4(1) does not purport to define the term, it merely extends its meaning to include de facto spouses, whether of the same sex or a different sex, partners in a prescribed registered relationship and living together and spouses by Indigenous custom.
Section 4(5) deems a spouse who was living with a client at the time of the client's death (or injury, as a matter of policy) to be dependent on the client.
Source URL: https://clik.dva.gov.au/military-compensation-srca-manuals-and-resources-library/incapacity-handbook/ch-36-minimum-payment-and-statutory-rates-s196-14/365-spouse-s191a/3654-de-facto-spouses
36.5.5 Separated spouses - deemed dependency
Section 19(12)(a) provides that a 'spouse' of a client is a prescribed person' for the purposes of S19 (and S22).
A definition of 'spouse' in S4(1) does not purport to define the term, it merely extends its meaning to include de facto spouses, whether of the same sex or a different sex, partners in a prescribed registered relationship and living together and spouses by Indigenous custom.
Section 4(5) deems a spouse who was living with a client at the time of the client's death (or injury, as a matter of policy) to be dependent on the client.
Source URL: https://clik.dva.gov.au/military-compensation-srca-manuals-and-resources-library/incapacity-handbook/ch-36-minimum-payment-and-statutory-rates-s196-14/365-spouse-s191a/3655-separated-spouses-deemed-dependency
36.5.6 More than one spouse
Section 19(12)(a) provides that a 'spouse' of a client is a prescribed person' for the purposes of S19 (and S22).
A definition of 'spouse' in S4(1) does not purport to define the term, it merely extends its meaning to include de facto spouses, whether of the same sex or a different sex, partners in a prescribed registered relationship and living together and spouses by Indigenous custom.
Section 4(5) deems a spouse who was living with a client at the time of the client's death (or injury, as a matter of policy) to be dependent on the client.
Source URL: https://clik.dva.gov.au/military-compensation-srca-manuals-and-resources-library/incapacity-handbook/ch-36-minimum-payment-and-statutory-rates-s196-14/365-spouse-s191a/3656-more-one-spouse