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A person is the domestic partner of another if they live together in a close personal relationship.

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A person is, on a certain date, the domestic partner of another if:

1. the person is, on that date, in a registered relationship with the other; or
2. the person is, on that date, living with the other in a close personal relationship; and:
   1. the person:
      i) has so lived with the other continuously for the period of 3 years immediately preceding that date; or
      ii) has during the period of 4 years immediately preceding that date so lived with the other for periods aggregating not less than 3 years; or
   2. a child, of whom the 2 persons are the parents, has been born (whether or not the child is still living at that date).

Close personal relationship means the relationship between 2 adult persons (whether or not related by family and irrespective of their sex or gender identity) who live together as a couple on a genuine domestic basis, but does not include:

1. the relationship between a legally married couple; or
2. a relationship where one of the persons provides the other with domestic support or personal care (or both) for fee or reward, or on behalf of some other person or an organisation of whatever kind.

Note: Two persons may live together as a couple on a genuine domestic basis whether or not a sexual relationship exists, or has ever existed, between them.

Registered relationship means a relationship that is registered under the Relationships Register Act 2016, and includes a corresponding law registered relationship under that Act.