0.01. For the purposes of this Decree:(1) “spouse” means either of 2 persons who:(a) are married or in a civil union and cohabiting;
(b) being of opposite sex or the same sex, are living together in a de facto union and are the father and mother of the same child;
(c) are of opposite sex or the same sex and have been living together in a de facto union for 1 year or more;
(2) (paragraph revoked);
(3) “continuous service” means an uninterrupted period during which an employee is bound to an employer by a labour contract, even where performance of the work is interrupted without termination of the contract, or a period during which there is a succession of fixed-term contracts without any interruption that, in the circumstances, would lead to the conclusion that a contract was not renewed.