New South Wales Consolidated Acts New South Wales Consolidated Acts(cf Coroners Act 1980 , s 4(1) and (5))
(1) For the purposes of this Act, a
"relative" , in relation to a person who has or is suspected to have died, is an adult who is--(a) the spouse of that person, a parent of that person, a person who stands in loco parentis to that person, a guardian of that person or a child of that person, or(b) if there is no relative, as defined in paragraph (a), of that person--a brother or sister of that person.
(2) A reference in subsection (1)(a) to the child of a person includes, if the person was in a de facto relationship, or a domestic relationship within the meaning of the Property (Relationships) Act 1984 , a reference to the following--(a) a child born as a result of sexual relations between the parties to the relationship,(b) a child adopted by both parties,(c) in the case of a de facto relationship between a man and a woman, a child of the woman of whom the man is the father or of whom the man is presumed, by virtue of the Status of Children Act 1996 , to be the father (except where the presumption is rebutted),(d) in the case of a de facto relationship between 2 women, a child of whom both of those women are presumed to be parents by virtue of the Status of Children Act 1996 ,(e) a child for whose long-term welfare both parties have parental responsibility (within the meaning of the Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998 ).Note : "De facto relationship" is defined in section 21C of the Interpretation Act 1987 .
(3) A reference in subsection (1)(a) to a parent includes a reference to a party to a relationship referred to in subsection (2) of which the deceased, or suspected deceased, was by virtue of subsection (2) a child.