Victorian Numbered Acts Victorian Numbered Acts(1) In section 35(1) of the Crimes Act 1958 insert the following definition—
' "domestic partner" of a person means a person to whom the person is not married but with whom the person is living as a couple on a genuine domestic basis (irrespective of gender);'.
(2) After section 35(1) of the Crimes Act 1958 insert —
'(1A) For the purposes of the definition of "domestic partner" in sub-section (1), in determining whether persons are domestic partners of each other, all the circumstances of their relationship are to be taken into account, including any one or more of the matters referred to in section 275(2) of the Property Law Act 1958 as may be relevant in a particular case.'.