Eligible Descendant

According to subsection 5P(1) of the VEA, an eligible descendant in relation to a person means:

• a child, step child or adopted child of the person or of a partner of the person, or
• a descendant in direct line of a child described above, or
• any other person who, in the opinion of the [glossary:Commission:DEF/Commission/Repatriation Commission], should be treated for the purposes of this definition as a person described in the above paragraph.