FAIR WORK ACT 2009 - SECT 17 Meaning of child of a person

FAIR WORK ACT 2009 - SECT 17

  (1)   A child of a person includes:

  (a)   someone who is a child of the person within the meaning of the Family Law Act 1975 ; and

  (b)   an adopted child or step - child of the person.

It does not matter whether the child is an adult.

  (2)   If, under this section, one person is a child of another person, other family relationships are also to be determined on the basis that the child is a child of that other person.

Note:   For example, for the purpose of leave entitlements in relation to immediate family under Division   7 of Part   2 - 2 (which deals with personal/carer's leave, compassionate leave and paid family and domestic violence leave):

(a)   the other person is the parent of the child, and so is a member of the child's immediate family; and

(b)   the child, and any other children, of the other person are siblings, and so are members of each other's immediate family.