According to subsection 5Q(1) of the VEA, for the purposes of the means test concession, a parent or immediate family member includes:
- natural parents,
- legal guardians (a person who is, or was the legal guardian of the person with a [glossary:severe disability:222] while that person was under the age of 18 years),
- adoptive parents,
- step parents,
- grandparents, and
- siblings.