External
A definition in S4(1) of the SRCA extends the meaning of 'spouse' to include:
- a person of the opposite sex or the same sex who lives with the client on a bone fide domestic basis (a 'de-facto spouse'),
- a person of the opposite sex or the same sex who is in a prescribed registered relationship with the client and who lives with the client, and
- a person who is recognised as the client's spouse by Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander custom.