Family member definitions

Relevant member of the applicant’s family: section 746

For the purposes of section 74(8), a relevant member of an applicant’s family is a person—

a

who is the subject of a decision mentioned in subsection (1)(a), (2)(a) or 3(a) of section 74, but is not himself an applicant for the purposes of section 74(4); and

b

who appears to the decision-taker to be—

i

his spouse;

ii

a child of his or of his spouse;

iii

a person who has been living with him as a member of an unmarried couple for at least two of the three years before the day on which the decision was made;

iv

a person who is dependent on him; or

v

a person on whom he is dependent.