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PROPERTY (RELATIONSHIPS) ACT 1984 - SECT 44
Definitions
(1) In this Part--
"domestic relationship agreement" means an agreement between 2 persons
(whether or not there are other parties to the agreement)-- (a) that is made
in contemplation of their entering into a domestic relationship, or while they
are in one, and
(b) that makes provision with respect to financial matters,
whether or not it also makes provision with respect to other matters,
and
includes such an agreement that varies an earlier
domestic relationship agreement and any agreement to which subsection (2)
applies.
"financial matters" , in relation to parties to a domestic relationship, means
matters with respect to any one or more of the following-- (a) the maintenance
of either or both of the parties,
(b) the property of the parties or either
of them,
(c) the financial resources of the parties or either of them.
"termination agreement" means an agreement between 2 persons, whether or not
there are other parties to the agreement-- (a) that is made in contemplation
of the termination of a domestic relationship existing between them, or after
the termination of such a relationship between them, and
(b) that makes
provision with respect to financial matters, whether or not it also makes
provision with respect to other matters,
and includes such an agreement that
varies an earlier domestic relationship agreement or termination agreement,
but does not include an agreement to which subsection (2) applies.
(2) An
agreement made in contemplation of the termination of a domestic relationship
is taken to be a domestic relationship agreement if the relationship is not
terminated within 3 months after the agreement was made.
(3) The application
of this Part extends to an agreement made before the re-enactment of this
section by the Property (Relationships) Legislation Amendment Act 1999 .
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