(1) In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears ¾

}de facto relationship~ means a de facto relationship which the Commissioner is satisfied comes within section 205Z(1)(a), (b) or (c) of the Family Court Act 1997;

}Family Court Act~ means the Family Court Act 1997 of Western Australia;

}Family Law Act~ means the Family Law Act 1975 of the Commonwealth and any Act of the Commonwealth amending or in substitution for that Act;

}maintenance agreement~ means an agreement in writing with respect to any one or more of the following, namely ¾

(a) the maintenance of one of the parties to the agreement;

(b) the conveyance or transfer of property (whether real or personal) of the parties to the agreement or either of them to one of the parties or to a dependent child of the parties or of either of them or to both a dependent child of one of the parties and one of them;

(c) the maintenance of a dependent child of the parties or either of them;

}order~ means a sealed copy of an order made by a court exercising federal or non-federal jurisdiction in any proceeding under the Family Court Act or the Family Law Act with respect to one or both of the following, namely ¾

(a) the conveyance or transfer of real or personal property;

(b) the vesting of property;

}property~ includes an interest in property.

(2) A reference in this Part to persons who are married to each other or have been married to each other includes persons who are married to each other or who have been married to each other by a marriage that is void under the Family Law Act.

[Section 112UA inserted by No. 45 of 1982 s. 3; amended by No. 41 of 1997 s. 37; No. 25 of 2002 s. 52; No. 2 of 2003 s. 132.]