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Queensland
Relationships (Civil
Partnerships) and Other Acts
Amendment Bill 2015
Queensland
Relationships (Civil Partnerships) and
Other Acts Amendment Bill 2015
Contents
Page
Part 1 Preliminary
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Part 2 Amendment of Relationships Act 2011
3 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
4 Amendment of long title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
5 Amendment of s 1 (Short title) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
6 Replacement of pt 2, hdg (Registered relationships) . . . . . . . . . . 7
7 Amendment of s 4 (Registered relationships--general). . . . . . . . 7
8 Amendment of s 5 (Eligibility criteria) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
9 Amendment of pt 2, div 3, hdg (Entering into registered relationships) 7
10 Replacement of s 6 (How registered relationship is entered into) 8
6 How civil partnership is entered into. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
11 Amendment of s 7 (Application for registration) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
12 Amendment of s 8 (Registration period--application for registration) 9
13 Amendment of s 9 (Decision on application) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
14 Insertion of new ss 10-12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
10 Notice of intention to enter into civil partnership . . . . 9
11 Declaration of civil partnership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
12 Registration of relationship after declaration of civil
partnership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
15 Replacement of s 13 (When registered relationship takes effect) 12
13 When civil partnership has effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
16 Amendment of s 14 (How registered relationship is terminated) . 12
17 Amendment of s 15 (Application for termination) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
18 Amendment of s 16 (Service of termination application) . . . . . . . 13
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19 Amendment of ss 17-19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
20 Insertion of new pt 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Part 3 Civil partnership notaries
Division 1 Registration
20 Registration of civil partnership notary . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
20A Annual registration fee and annual return . . . . . . . . . 15
21 Register of civil partnership notaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Division 2 Cancellation
22 Application of div 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
22A Registrar may seek further information . . . . . . . . . . . 17
23 Show cause notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
24 Representations about show cause notice. . . . . . . . . 17
25 Ending show cause process without further action . . 18
26 Cancellation of relevant authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
21 Amendment of s 30 (Void registered relationships) . . . . . . . . . . . 19
22 Insertion of new s 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
31 Noncompliance with certain requirements . . . . . . . . . 19
23 Amendment of s 32 (Ways in which termination application to be
served) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
24 Amendment of s 33 (Registered relationships under corresponding
laws) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
25 Insertion of new s 34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
34 Offences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
26 Insertion of new pt 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Part 7 Savings and transitional provisions for
Relationships (Civil Partnerships) and Other
Acts Amendment Act 2015
47 Definitions for pt 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
48 Existing registered relationships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
49 Registered relationships under corresponding laws. . 22
50 Existing applications under former s 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
51 Review of particular decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
52 References in Acts and documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
27 Amendment of sch 1 (Reviewable decisions). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
28 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
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Part 3 Amendment of Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration
Act 2003
29 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
30 Amendment of s 5 (Notification of birth) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
31 Replacement of pt 5A, hdg (Registered relationships). . . . . . . . . 27
32 Amendment of s 25A (Registration of registered relationship) . . . 27
33 Amendment of s 25B (How registered relationships are registered) 27
34 Amendment of s 25C (Registered relationship--particulars of
termination) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
35 Amendment of s 28 (Responsibility to apply to have death registered)28
36 Amendment of s 29 (How to apply to register the death of a person) 28
37 Amendment of s 32 (Notifying about disposal of a deceased person's
body) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
38 Amendment of s 44 (Obtaining information from the registrar) . . 29
39 Amendment of s 48B (Registrar may enter into arrangement with family
and child commissioner). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
40 Amendment of s 48C (Registrar may enter into arrangement with health
ombudsman) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
41 Insertion of new s 54A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
54A How notice or application is given electronically . . . . 30
42 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Part 4 Amendment of Corrective Services Act 2006
43 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
44 Replacement of s 26A (Registered relationships) . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
26A Civil partnerships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Part 5 Amendment of Duties Act 2001
45 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
46 Amendment of s 151 (Exemption--particular residences) . . . . . . 33
47 Amendment of sch 6 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Part 6 Amendment of Succession Act 1981
48 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
49 Amendment of s 5AA (Who is a person's spouse) . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
50 Amendment of s 14A (Effect of registered relationship on a will) . 35
51 Amendment of s 15A (Effect of end of registered relationship on a will)
35
Part 7 Other amendments
52 Schedule amendments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Schedule Amendments of other Acts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
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Part 1 References to Relationships Act 2011
1 Acts Interpretation Act 1954 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
2 Guardianship and Administration Act 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
3 Powers of Attorney Act 1998 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Part 2 References to registered relationship
4 Acts Interpretation Act 1954 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
5 Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997. . . . . . . 38
6 Civil Proceedings Act 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
7 First Home Owner Grant Act 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
8 Governors (Salary and Pensions) Act 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
9 Guardianship and Administration Act 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
10 Integrated Resort Development Act 1987 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
11 Judges (Pensions and Long Leave) Act 1957 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
12 Powers of Attorney Act 1998 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
13 Sanctuary Cove Resort Act 1985 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
14 Status of Children Act 1978 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Part 3 References to registered partner
15 Acts Interpretation Act 1954 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
16 Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
17 Electrical Safety Act 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
18 First Home Owner Grant Act 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
19 Judges (Pensions and Long Leave) Act 1957 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
20 Land Tax Act 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
21 Payroll Tax Act 1971 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
22 Powers of Attorney Act 1998 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
23 Public Trustee Act 1978 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
24 Status of Children Act 1978 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
25 Surrogacy Act 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
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2015
A Bill
for
An Act to amend the Relationships Act 2011, the Births, Deaths
and Marriages Registration Act 2003, the Corrective Services
Act 2006, the Duties Act 2001, the Succession Act 1981 and the
Acts mentioned in the schedule for particular purposes
Relationships (Civil Partnerships) and Other Acts Amendment Bill 2015
Part 1 Preliminary
[s 1]
The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
Part 1 Preliminary 2
Clause 1 Short title 3
This Act may be cited as the Relationships (Civil 4
Partnerships) and Other Acts Amendment Act 2015. 5
Clause 2 Commencement 6
This Act commences on a day to be fixed by proclamation. 7
Part 2 Amendment of Relationships 8
Act 2011 9
Clause 3 Act amended 10
This part amends the Relationships Act 2011. 11
Clause 4 Amendment of long title 12
Long title, 'registered relationships'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
civil partnerships 15
Clause 5 Amendment of s 1 (Short title) 16
Section 1, 'Relationships'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
Civil Partnerships 19
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Clause 6 Replacement of pt 2, hdg (Registered relationships) 1
Part 2, heading-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
Part 2 Civil partnerships 4
Clause 7 Amendment of s 4 (Registered relationships--general) 5
(1) Section 4, heading, 'Registered relationships'-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
Civil partnerships 8
(2) Section 4, 'registered relationship'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
civil partnership 11
Clause 8 Amendment of s 5 (Eligibility criteria) 12
(1) Section 5, 'registered relationship'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
civil partnership 15
(2) Section 5, 'registered partner'-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
civil partner 18
Clause 9 Amendment of pt 2, div 3, hdg (Entering into registered 19
relationships) 20
Part 2, division 3, heading, 'registered relationships'-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
civil partnerships 23
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Clause 10 Replacement of s 6 (How registered relationship is 1
entered into) 2
Section 6-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
6 How civil partnership is entered into 5
Two adults who are in a relationship as a couple, 6
regardless of their sex, and who meet the 7
eligibility criteria mentioned in section 5, may 8
enter into a civil partnership by-- 9
(a) having their relationship registered under 10
section 9; or 11
(b) making a declaration of civil partnership 12
under section 11 and having their 13
relationship registered under section 12. 14
Note-- 15
The registrar must enter particulars of a civil partnership 16
entered into under this Act in the register under the 17
Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2003, 18
part 5A. 19
Clause 11 Amendment of s 7 (Application for registration) 20
(1) Section 7(1) and (2), 'registered relationship'-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
civil partnership 23
(2) Section 7(1), 'section 6'-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
section 6(a) 26
(3) Section 7(2), 'must be accompanied'-- 27
omit, insert-- 28
accompanied 29
(4) Section 7(2)(b) and (c), 'under a regulation'-- 30
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omit, insert-- 1
by regulation 2
Clause 12 Amendment of s 8 (Registration period--application for 3
registration) 4
(1) Section 8, heading, 'Registration'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
Cooling-off 7
(2) Section 8, 'registration'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
cooling-off 10
Clause 13 Amendment of s 9 (Decision on application) 11
(1) Section 9(1), 'registration'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
cooling-off 14
(2) Section 9, 'registered relationship'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
civil partnership 17
Clause 14 Insertion of new ss 10-12 18
After section 9-- 19
insert-- 20
10 Notice of intention to enter into civil 21
partnership 22
(1) Before 2 persons enter into a civil partnership as 23
mentioned in section 6(b), they must give notice 24
in the approved form of their intention to enter 25
into a civil partnership to-- 26
(a) a civil partnership notary; and 27
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(b) if the civil partnership notary mentioned in 1
paragraph (a) is not the registrar--the 2
registrar. 3
Note-- 4
The notice must be given not earlier than 12 months and 5
not later than 10 days before the declaration of civil 6
partnership is made--see section 11(2). 7
(2) The notice must be accompanied by-- 8
(a) a statutory declaration made by each person 9
stating-- 10
(i) that the person wishes to enter into a 11
civil partnership with the other person; 12
and 13
(ii) that the person is not married or in a 14
civil partnership; and 15
(iii) that the person believes the person and 16
the other person do not have a 17
prohibited relationship; and 18
(iv) where the person lives; and 19
(b) the documents prescribed by regulation to 20
prove each person's identity and age; and 21
(c) anything else prescribed by regulation. 22
(3) The notice must state the day on which the 2 23
persons intend to make a declaration of civil 24
partnership under section 11. 25
(4) As soon as practicable after receiving the notice 26
and statutory declarations, the civil partnership 27
notary must give each person a written notice in 28
the approved form setting out the legal effect of a 29
civil partnership. 30
11 Declaration of civil partnership 31
(1) Two persons who have given notice to a civil 32
partnership notary, and the registrar if required 33
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under section 10(1)(b), may make a declaration 1
of civil partnership before the civil partnership 2
notary and at least 1 other adult witness. 3
(2) The declaration must be made not earlier than 10 4
days, and not later than 12 months, after the day 5
the notice was given to the civil partnership 6
notary. 7
(3) The declaration must be made by each person to 8
the other and must contain a clear statement 9
that-- 10
(a) names both persons; and 11
(b) acknowledges that they are freely entering 12
into a civil partnership with each other. 13
12 Registration of relationship after declaration of 14
civil partnership 15
(1) As soon as practicable after the registrar becomes 16
aware, under the Births, Deaths and Marriages 17
Registration Act 2003, section 25B(3) or 18
otherwise, of the day that 2 persons have made a 19
declaration of civil partnership under section 11, 20
the registrar must-- 21
(a) register the relationship as a civil 22
partnership and make an endorsement to 23
that effect on the notice they gave the 24
registrar under section 10; or 25
(b) refuse to register the relationship as a civil 26
partnership. 27
(2) The registrar must register the relationship as a 28
civil partnership unless satisfied that the 2 29
persons have not made a declaration of civil 30
partnership under section 11. 31
(3) The endorsement must state the day on which the 32
registration has effect, which must be-- 33
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(a) the day stated in the notice under section 1
10(3); or 2
(b) if the registrar is satisfied that the 3
declaration of civil partnership was made on 4
another day--the day that the registrar 5
considers appropriate in the circumstances. 6
Clause 15 Replacement of s 13 (When registered relationship takes 7
effect) 8
Section 13-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
13 When civil partnership has effect 11
(1) A civil partnership entered into as mentioned in 12
section 6(a) has effect when the registrar registers 13
the relationship under section 9(1)(a). 14
(2) A civil partnership entered into as mentioned in 15
section 6(b) has effect on the day stated by the 16
registrar under section 12(3). 17
Clause 16 Amendment of s 14 (How registered relationship is 18
terminated) 19
Section 14, 'registered relationship'-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
civil partnership 22
Clause 17 Amendment of s 15 (Application for termination) 23
(1) Section 15, 'registered relationship'-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
civil partnership 26
(2) Section 15, 'the relationship'-- 27
omit, insert-- 28
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the partnership 1
(3) Section 15(2)(b) and (c), 'under a regulation'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
by regulation 4
Clause 18 Amendment of s 16 (Service of termination application) 5
(1) Section 16, 'registered relationship'-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
civil partnership 8
(2) Section 16(a), 'the relationship'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
the partnership 11
Clause 19 Amendment of ss 17-19 12
Sections 17 to 19, 'registered relationship'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
civil partnership 15
Clause 20 Insertion of new pt 3 16
After part 2-- 17
insert-- 18
Part 3 Civil partnership 19
notaries 20
Division 1 Registration 21
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20 Registration of civil partnership notary 1
(1) A person may apply to the registrar to be 2
registered as a civil partnership notary. 3
(2) The application must be-- 4
(a) in the approved form; and 5
(b) accompanied by the application fee 6
prescribed by regulation. 7
(3) The approved form may require specified 8
information or documents about the applicant's 9
relevant criminal history to be included in, 10
attached to or given with the form. 11
(4) The approved form may require the form, or 12
information or documents included in, attached 13
to or given with the form, to be verified by a 14
statutory declaration. 15
(5) On application by a person under this section, the 16
registrar may register the applicant if satisfied 17
that-- 18
(a) the applicant-- 19
(i) is an adult; and 20
(ii) is appropriately qualified to exercise 21
the functions of a civil partnership 22
notary; and 23
(iii) is a suitable person to be registered as a 24
civil partnership notary; or 25
(b) the applicant is registered as a marriage 26
celebrant under the Marriage Act 1961 27
(Cwlth). 28
(6) In deciding under subsection (5)(a)(iii) whether a 29
person is a suitable person to be registered as a 30
civil partnership notary-- 31
(a) the registrar must have regard to the relevant 32
criminal history of the person; and 33
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(b) the registrar may have regard to anything 1
else the registrar considers relevant. 2
(7) If the registrar is not satisfied under subsection 3
(5), the registrar must refuse to register the 4
applicant. 5
(8) In this section-- 6
relevant criminal history, of a person, means a 7
recorded conviction, other than a spent 8
conviction, for-- 9
(a) any offence against a law of the State, 10
another State or the Commonwealth that is 11
punishable by imprisonment for 1 year or 12
more; or 13
(b) any offence against this Act. 14
spent conviction means a conviction-- 15
(a) for which the rehabilitation period under the 16
Criminal Law (Rehabilitation of Offenders) 17
Act 1986 has expired under that Act; and 18
(b) that is not revived as prescribed by section 19
11 of that Act. 20
20A Annual registration fee and annual return 21
(1) A person registered as a civil partnership notary 22
under section 20 must-- 23
(a) give the registrar the annual registration fee 24
prescribed by regulation by the day 25
prescribed by regulation; and 26
(b) by the day prescribed by regulation, give the 27
registrar an annual return, in the approved 28
form, about the information given for the 29
application for the registration. 30
(2) The approved form may require the form, or 31
information or documents included in, attached 32
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to or given with the form, to be verified by a 1
statutory declaration. 2
21 Register of civil partnership notaries 3
(1) The registrar must keep a register of persons 4
registered as civil partnership notaries under this 5
Act. 6
(2) The register may be kept in any form, including 7
electronically, that the registrar decides. 8
(3) The register must include the following 9
information for each person registered as a civil 10
partnership notary-- 11
(a) the person's full name; 12
(b) the person's address and contact details; 13
(c) the date the person was registered; 14
(d) if the person's registration is cancelled or 15
otherwise ends--the date the registration 16
ends. 17
(4) The register must be published on the 18
department's website. 19
Division 2 Cancellation 20
22 Application of div 2 21
This division applies if the registrar considers 22
that a person registered as a civil partnership 23
notary-- 24
(a) is not, or is no longer, a suitable person to be 25
registered as a civil partnership notary; or 26
(b) has not complied with section 20A. 27
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22A Registrar may seek further information 1
To decide under section 22(a) whether a person is 2
not, or is no longer, a suitable person to be 3
registered as a civil partnership notary, the 4
registrar may ask the person to provide further 5
information. 6
23 Show cause notice 7
(1) The registrar must give the person a notice under 8
this section (a show cause notice). 9
(2) The show cause notice must state the 10
following-- 11
(a) that the registrar proposes to cancel the 12
person's registration as a civil partnership 13
notary (the proposed action); 14
(b) the ground for the proposed action; 15
(c) an outline of the facts and circumstances 16
forming the basis for the ground; 17
(d) an invitation to the person to show within a 18
stated period (the show cause period) why 19
the proposed action should not be taken. 20
(3) The show cause period must end at least 30 days 21
after the show cause notice is given to the person. 22
24 Representations about show cause notice 23
(1) The person may make written representations 24
about the show cause notice to the registrar in the 25
show cause period. 26
(2) The registrar must consider all written 27
representations (the accepted representations) 28
made under subsection (1). 29
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25 Ending show cause process without further 1
action 2
If, after considering the accepted representations 3
for the show cause notice, the registrar no longer 4
considers the ground exists to cancel the 5
registration, the registrar-- 6
(a) must not take further action about the show 7
cause notice; and 8
(b) must, as soon as practicable, give notice to 9
the person that no further action will be 10
taken about the show cause notice. 11
26 Cancellation of relevant authority 12
(1) This section applies if, after considering the 13
accepted representations for the show cause 14
notice, the registrar-- 15
(a) still considers the ground exists to cancel the 16
registration; and 17
(b) considers cancellation of the registration is 18
warranted. 19
(2) This section also applies if there are no accepted 20
representations for the show cause notice. 21
(3) The registrar may decide to cancel the 22
registration. 23
(4) The decision does not take effect until-- 24
(a) the last day to apply to QCAT for a review 25
of the decision; or 26
Note-- 27
See the QCAT Act, section 33 (Making an 28
application) for the last day to apply to QCAT. 29
(b) if an application for review by QCAT is 30
made--the day the review is decided or the 31
application for review otherwise ends. 32
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Part 2 Amendment of Relationships Act 2011
[s 21]
(5) The registrar may refund the whole, or a part, of 1
an annual registration fee paid by the person. 2
(6) In this section-- 3
annual registration fee means the fee prescribed 4
under section 20A(1)(a). 5
Clause 21 Amendment of s 30 (Void registered relationships) 6
(1) Section 30, heading, 'registered relationships'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
civil partnerships 9
(2) Section 30, 'registered relationship'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
civil partnership 12
(3) Section 30(b)(ii), after 'the other party'-- 13
insert-- 14
or the nature of the declaration under section 11 15
Clause 22 Insertion of new s 31 16
After section 30-- 17
insert-- 18
31 Noncompliance with certain requirements 19
(1) A civil partnership is not invalid only because a 20
requirement about the form of the notice given 21
under section 10 was not complied with. 22
(2) A civil partnership is not invalid only because the 23
person to whom the parties gave notice under 24
section 10, or before whom the parties made the 25
declaration under section 11, was not a civil 26
partnership notary if either party believed, when 27
giving the notice or making the declaration, that 28
the person was a civil partnership notary. 29
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Part 2 Amendment of Relationships Act 2011
[s 23]
Clause 23 Amendment of s 32 (Ways in which termination 1
application to be served) 2
Section 32(1), 'registered relationship'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
civil partnership 5
Clause 24 Amendment of s 33 (Registered relationships under 6
corresponding laws) 7
(1) Section 33, heading, 'Registered relationships'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
Civil partnerships 10
(2) Section 33(1), 'registered relationship'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
civil partnership 13
(3) Section 33(2), 'under a regulation'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
by regulation 16
Clause 25 Insertion of new s 34 17
After section 33-- 18
insert-- 19
34 Offences 20
(1) A civil partnership notary commits an offence 21
if-- 22
(a) the notary allows a declaration of civil 23
partnership, or a purported declaration, to be 24
made before the notary; and 25
(b) the notice required under section 10 26
(including the statutory declaration and 27
anything else required under that section) 28
for the civil partnership-- 29
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Part 2 Amendment of Relationships Act 2011
[s 25]
(i) has not been given to the notary; or 1
(ii) was not given to the notary within the 2
period allowed under section 11(2). 3
Maximum penalty--50 penalty units or 6 months 4
imprisonment. 5
(2) A civil partnership notary commits an offence 6
if-- 7
(a) the notary allows a declaration of civil 8
partnership, or a purported declaration, to be 9
made before the notary; and 10
(b) the notary has reasonable grounds to believe 11
that the civil partnership would be void 12
under section 30. 13
Maximum penalty--50 penalty units or 6 months 14
imprisonment. 15
(3) A person commits an offence if-- 16
(a) the person makes a declaration mentioned in 17
section 11 with the intention of entering into 18
a civil partnership with someone else (the 19
person's partner); and 20
(b) the declaration is made before a person (the 21
third person) who is not a civil partnership 22
notary; and 23
(c) the person knows the third person is not a 24
civil partnership notary; and 25
(d) the person has reasonable grounds to believe 26
that the person's partner believes that the 27
third person is a civil partnership notary. 28
Maximum penalty--50 penalty units or 6 months 29
imprisonment. 30
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Part 2 Amendment of Relationships Act 2011
[s 26]
Clause 26 Insertion of new pt 7 1
After part 6-- 2
insert-- 3
Part 7 Savings and 4
transitional provisions 5
for Relationships (Civil 6
Partnerships) and 7
Other Acts Amendment 8
Act 2015 9
47 Definitions for pt 7 10
In this part-- 11
amending Act means the Relationships (Civil 12
Partnerships) and Other Acts Amendment Act 13
2015. 14
former, in relation to a provision, means the 15
provision as in force immediately before the 16
amendment or repeal of the provision by the 17
amending Act. 18
48 Existing registered relationships 19
A registered relationship in effect immediately 20
before the commencement is taken, on the 21
commencement, to be a civil partnership under 22
this Act. 23
49 Registered relationships under corresponding 24
laws 25
(1) This section applies to a relationship under a 26
corresponding law that was, immediately before 27
the commencement, taken to be registered as a 28
registered relationship under former section 33. 29
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Part 2 Amendment of Relationships Act 2011
[s 26]
(2) The registered relationship is, on and from the 1
commencement, taken to be registered as a civil 2
partnership under this Act. 3
(3) In this section-- 4
corresponding law see section 33(2). 5
50 Existing applications under former s 7 6
(1) This section applies if-- 7
(a) before the commencement, 2 persons 8
applied under former section 7 for 9
registration of their relationship as a 10
registered relationship; and 11
(b) immediately before the commencement, the 12
registrar had not decided the application 13
under former section 9. 14
(2) On and from the commencement, the application 15
is taken to be an application under section 7 for 16
registration of the relationship as a civil 17
partnership. 18
51 Review of particular decisions 19
(1) This section applies if-- 20
(a) before the commencement-- 21
(i) a person has applied for the review of a 22
reviewable decision mentioned in 23
former schedule 1; and 24
(ii) the review has not been completed; or 25
(b) on the commencement, the period within 26
which a person may apply for the review of 27
a reviewable decision mentioned in former 28
schedule 1 has started but not finished. 29
(2) This Act as it was in force immediately before 30
the commencement continues to apply for the 31
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Part 2 Amendment of Relationships Act 2011
[s 26]
purpose of completion of the review of the 1
reviewable decision. 2
(3) If QCAT makes an order setting aside the 3
reviewable decision mentioned in former 4
schedule 1, item 1, the registered relationship is 5
taken to be registered as a civil partnership under 6
this Act. 7
(4) If QCAT makes an order setting aside the 8
reviewable decision mentioned in former 9
schedule 1, item 2, the termination of the 10
registered relationship is taken to be registered as 11
the termination of the civil partnership under this 12
Act. 13
52 References in Acts and documents 14
(1) A reference in an Act or document to a registered 15
relationship or a registered partner is, from the 16
commencement and if the context permits, taken 17
to be a reference to a civil partnership or civil 18
partner. 19
(2) A reference in an Act or document to the 20
Relationships Act 2011 is, from the 21
commencement and if the context permits, taken 22
to be a reference to the Civil Partnerships Act 23
2011. 24
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Part 2 Amendment of Relationships Act 2011
[s 27]
Clause 27 Amendment of sch 1 (Reviewable decisions) 1
Schedule 1, table, items 1 and 2-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
1 9(1)(b) or 12 refuse to register parties to the
(1)(b) a relationship as relationship
a civil
partnership
2 18(1)(b) refuse to register the applicant
the termination
of a civil
partnership
3 20(7) refuse to register the applicant for
a person as a registration
civil partnership
notary
4 26(3) cancel a person's person whose
registration as a registration is
civil partnership cancelled
notary
Clause 28 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) 4
(1) Schedule 2, definition registration period-- 5
omit. 6
(2) Schedule 2-- 7
insert-- 8
accepted representations see section 24(2). 9
civil partnership notary means-- 10
(a) a person registered as a civil partnership 11
notary under this Act; or 12
(b) the registrar. 13
cooling-off period, for an application made under 14
section 7, means the period ending 10 days after 15
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Part 3 Amendment of Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2003
[s 29]
the application and accompanying documents 1
under section 7(2) are given to the registrar. 2
show cause notice see section 23(1). 3
show cause period see section 23(2)(d). 4
Part 3 Amendment of Births, Deaths 5
and Marriages Registration Act 6
2003 7
Clause 29 Act amended 8
This part amends the Births, Deaths and Marriages 9
Registration Act 2003. 10
Clause 30 Amendment of s 5 (Notification of birth) 11
Section 5-- 12
insert-- 13
(5) For subsection (1), a responsible person who is 14
the person in charge of a hospital must give the 15
notice electronically unless the registrar 16
reasonably considers-- 17
(a) it would be impractical to do so because the 18
hospital is located in an area that does not 19
allow for giving the notice electronically; or 20
(b) other exceptional circumstances do not 21
allow for giving the notice electronically. 22
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Part 3 Amendment of Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2003
[s 31]
Clause 31 Replacement of pt 5A, hdg (Registered relationships) 1
Part 5A, heading-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
Part 5A Civil partnerships 4
Clause 32 Amendment of s 25A (Registration of registered 5
relationship) 6
(1) Section 25A, 'registered relationship'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
civil partnership 9
(2) Section 25A(1), 'Relationships Act 2011, section 9(1)(a)'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
Civil Partnerships Act 2011, section 9 or 12 12
Clause 33 Amendment of s 25B (How registered relationships are 13
registered) 14
(1) Section 25B, heading, 'registered relationships'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
civil partnerships 17
(2) Section 25B, 'registered relationship'-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
civil partnership 20
(3) Section 25B(1), 'Relationships Act 2011, section 9(1)(a)'-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
Civil Partnerships Act 2011, section 9 or 12 23
(4) Section 25B-- 24
insert-- 25
(3) If 2 persons make, under the Civil Partnerships 26
Act 2011, section 11, a declaration of civil 27
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Part 3 Amendment of Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2003
[s 34]
partnership before a civil partnership notary other 1
than the registrar, the notary must give the 2
following to the registrar not later than 14 days 3
after the day the declaration is made-- 4
(a) written notice of the making of the 5
declaration; 6
(b) the notice given to the notary under the Civil 7
Partnerships Act 2011, section 10 for the 8
civil partnership. 9
Maximum penalty--5 penalty units. 10
(4) In this section-- 11
civil partnership notary see the Civil 12
Partnerships Act 2011, schedule 2. 13
Clause 34 Amendment of s 25C (Registered 14
relationship--particulars of termination) 15
(1) Section 25C, heading, 'Registered relationship'-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
Civil partnership 18
(2) Section 25C(1), from 'registered relationship' to '2011'-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
civil partnership is terminated under the Civil 21
Partnerships Act 2011 22
Clause 35 Amendment of s 28 (Responsibility to apply to have 23
death registered) 24
Section 28(5), definition disposal-- 25
omit. 26
Clause 36 Amendment of s 29 (How to apply to register the death of 27
a person) 28
Section 29(5)-- 29
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Part 3 Amendment of Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2003
[s 37]
omit, insert-- 1
(5) If the person making a death registration 2
application is a funeral director in Queensland, 3
the person must give the application 4
electronically unless the registrar reasonably 5
considers-- 6
(a) it would be impractical to do so because the 7
funeral director's place of business is 8
located in an area that does not allow for 9
giving the notice electronically; or 10
(b) other exceptional circumstances do not 11
allow for giving the notice electronically. 12
Clause 37 Amendment of s 32 (Notifying about disposal of a 13
deceased person's body) 14
Section 32(6), from 'registrar notice'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
notice electronically unless the registrar 17
reasonably considers-- 18
(a) it would be impractical to do so because the 19
crematorium or cemetery is located in an 20
area that does not allow for giving the notice 21
electronically; or 22
(b) other exceptional circumstances do not 23
allow for giving the notice electronically. 24
Clause 38 Amendment of s 44 (Obtaining information from the 25
registrar) 26
(1) Section 44(1)(b)-- 27
omit, insert-- 28
(b) a copy of a source document. 29
(2) Section 44-- 30
insert-- 31
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Part 3 Amendment of Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2003
[s 39]
(1A) The application may be given to the registrar 1
electronically. 2
(3) Section 44(9) and (10)-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
(9) The registrar may give requested information to 5
an applicant electronically. 6
(10) Subsection (9) does not limit-- 7
(a) a requirement of this Act about giving the 8
requested information; or 9
(b) the Electronic Transactions (Queensland) 10
Act 2001. 11
Clause 39 Amendment of s 48B (Registrar may enter into 12
arrangement with family and child commissioner) 13
Section 48B(6), definition source document-- 14
omit. 15
Clause 40 Amendment of s 48C (Registrar may enter into 16
arrangement with health ombudsman) 17
Section 48C(6), definition source document-- 18
omit. 19
Clause 41 Insertion of new s 54A 20
After section 54-- 21
insert-- 22
54A How notice or application is given 23
electronically 24
(1) This section applies if, under this Act, a person is 25
required or permitted to give a notice or 26
application to the registrar electronically. 27
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Part 3 Amendment of Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2003
[s 42]
(2) The notice or application is given electronically if 1
it is given-- 2
(a) in an electronic format, and in a way, 3
approved by the registrar; or 4
Examples of electronic formats and ways of giving 5
information-- 6
• capturing the information in an electronic form 7
(for example, an HTML web form, a mobile 8
application or a smartform) that is submitted 9
through an online system provided by the 10
registrar 11
• including the information in a data file that is 12
transmitted electronically between 2 computer 13
systems 14
(b) under the Electronic Transactions 15
(Queensland) Act 2001. 16
Note-- 17
Under the Electronic Transactions (Queensland) 18
Act 2001, the person to whom the information is 19
required or permitted to be given (in this case, the 20
registrar) must consent to the information being 21
given by an electronic communication. See 22
sections 11(2) and 12(2) of that Act. 23
(3) Also, a requirement for the notice or application 24
to be given in the approved form is complied with 25
if the information required in the approved form 26
is given under subsection (2). 27
Clause 42 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) 28
Schedule 2-- 29
insert-- 30
approved form means a form approved by the 31
chief executive under section 55(1). 32
disposal, of human remains, means-- 33
(a) cremation of the remains; or 34
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Part 4 Amendment of Corrective Services Act 2006
[s 43]
(b) burial of the remains, including burial at sea; 1
or 2
(c) placing the remains in a mausoleum or other 3
permanent resting place; or 4
(d) placing the remains in the custody of an 5
educational or scientific institution for the 6
purpose of medical education or research; or 7
(e) removal of the remains from the State, other 8
than if the remains have been cremated or 9
are taken from the State by sea and buried at 10
sea in the course of the voyage. 11
funeral director means a person who carries on 12
the business of arranging for the disposal of 13
human remains. 14
source document means-- 15
(a) a document, other than a document 16
prescribed by regulation, given to the 17
registrar in relation to the registration or 18
notation of an event in a register kept by the 19
registrar; or 20
(b) a digitised copy of a document to which 21
paragraph (a) applies, kept by the registrar 22
as an official record of the document. 23
Part 4 Amendment of Corrective 24
Services Act 2006 25
Clause 43 Act amended 26
This part amends the Corrective Services Act 2006. 27
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Part 5 Amendment of Duties Act 2001
[s 44]
Clause 44 Replacement of s 26A (Registered relationships) 1
Section 26A-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
26A Civil partnerships 4
(1) A person in the chief executive's custody must 5
give the chief executive written notice before-- 6
(a) applying under the Civil Partnerships Act 7
2011, section 7 for registration of a 8
relationship as a civil partnership; or 9
(b) giving a notice of intention to enter into a 10
civil partnership under the Civil 11
Partnerships Act 2011, section 10. 12
Maximum penalty--20 penalty units. 13
(2) A prisoner may make a declaration of civil 14
partnership under the Civil Partnerships Act 15
2011, section 11 in a corrective services facility 16
only with the chief executive's approval. 17
(3) The making of the declaration must be conducted 18
in the way decided by the chief executive. 19
Part 5 Amendment of Duties Act 2001 20
Clause 45 Act amended 21
This part amends the Duties Act 2001. 22
Clause 46 Amendment of s 151 (Exemption--particular residences) 23
Section 151(1), 'registered relationship'-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
civil partnership 26
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Part 6 Amendment of Succession Act 1981
[s 47]
Clause 47 Amendment of sch 6 (Dictionary) 1
Schedule 6, definition spouse-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
spouse includes de facto partner and civil partner. 4
Part 6 Amendment of Succession Act 5
1981 6
Clause 48 Act amended 7
This part amends the Succession Act 1981. 8
Clause 49 Amendment of s 5AA (Who is a person's spouse) 9
(1) Section 5AA(1) and (2), 'registered partner'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
civil partner 12
(2) Section 5AA(4), definition dependent former husband or wife 13
or registered partner-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
dependent former husband or wife or civil 16
partner, of a deceased person, means-- 17
(a) a person who-- 18
(i) was divorced by or from the deceased 19
at any time, whether before or after the 20
commencement of this Act; and 21
(ii) had not remarried or entered into a civil 22
partnership with another person before 23
the deceased's death; and 24
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Part 6 Amendment of Succession Act 1981
[s 50]
(iii) was on the deceased's death receiving, 1
or entitled to receive, maintenance 2
from the deceased; or 3
(b) a person who-- 4
(i) was in a civil partnership with the 5
deceased that was terminated under the 6
Civil Partnerships Act 2011, section 7
18; and 8
(ii) had not married or entered into another 9
civil partnership before the deceased's 10
death; and 11
(iii) was on the deceased's death receiving, 12
or entitled to receive, maintenance 13
from the deceased. 14
Clause 50 Amendment of s 14A (Effect of registered relationship on 15
a will) 16
(1) Section 14A, 'registered relationship'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
civil partnership 19
(2) Section 14A(3)(b), 'contemplation of'-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
contemplation of a 22
Clause 51 Amendment of s 15A (Effect of end of registered 23
relationship on a will) 24
(1) Section 15A, heading, 'registered relationship'-- 25
omit, insert-- 26
civil partnership 27
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Part 6 Amendment of Succession Act 1981
[s 51]
(2) Section 15A(1) and (2), 'registered relationship'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
civil partnership 3
(3) Section 15A(1), (2) and (4), 'registered partner'-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
civil partner 6
(4) Section 15A(2)(a), 'registered partner's'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
civil partner's 9
(5) Section 15A(5), definition former registered partner, 10
registered partner, termination and void-- 11
omit. 12
(6) Section 15A(5)-- 13
insert-- 14
civil partner includes a party to a purported or 15
void civil partnership. 16
former civil partner, in relation to a testator, 17
means the person who was the civil partner of the 18
testator immediately before the termination of the 19
testator's civil partnership or the finding that the 20
civil partnership is void. 21
termination, of a civil partnership, means 22
termination under the Civil Partnerships Act 23
2011, section 18. 24
void means void under the Civil Partnerships Act 25
2011, section 30. 26
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Part 7 Other amendments
[s 52]
Part 7 Other amendments 1
Clause 52 Schedule amendments 2
(1) Each provision of an Act listed in the schedule, part 1 is 3
amended by omitting 'Relationships Act 2011' and inserting 4
'Civil Partnerships Act 2011'. 5
(2) Each provision of an Act listed in the schedule, part 2 is 6
amended by omitting 'registered relationship' or 'Registered 7
relationship' and inserting 'civil partnership' or 'Civil 8
partnership'. 9
(3) Each provision of an Act listed in the schedule, part 3 is 10
amended by omitting 'registered partner' and inserting 'civil 11
partner'. 12
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Part 1 References to Relationships Act 2011
[s 1]
Schedule Amendments of other Acts 1
section 52 2
Part 1 References to Relationships 3
Act 2011 4
1 Acts Interpretation Act 1954 5
• schedule 1, definition registered relationship 6
2 Guardianship and Administration Act 2000 7
• section 26(1)(d) 8
3 Powers of Attorney Act 1998 9
• section 53A(1)(b) 10
Part 2 References to registered 11
relationship 12
4 Acts Interpretation Act 1954 13
• schedule 1, definitions registered partner and registered 14
relationship 15
5 Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997 16
• section 309(2)(a) 17
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Schedule
6 Civil Proceedings Act 2011 1
• section 67(7), definition relationship 2
7 First Home Owner Grant Act 2000 3
• section 9(3)(a)(ii) and (4) 4
8 Governors (Salary and Pensions) Act 2003 5
• schedule, definition surviving partner 6
9 Guardianship and Administration Act 2000 7
• section 26(1)(d) 8
• schedule 2, part 2, section 3(f) and (g) 9
10 Integrated Resort Development Act 1987 10
• section 179D(2)(a) 11
11 Judges (Pensions and Long Leave) Act 1957 12
• section 8(2)(b) 13
12 Powers of Attorney Act 1998 14
• section 52A 15
• section 53A, heading 16
• section 53A(1)(b) 17
• schedule 2, part 2, section 3(f) and (g) 18
13 Sanctuary Cove Resort Act 1985 19
• section 104D(2)(a) 20
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Schedule
14 Status of Children Act 1978 1
• section 8(1)(a) 2
• section 15(1) and (3) 3
Part 3 References to registered 4
partner 5
15 Acts Interpretation Act 1954 6
• schedule 1, definitions registered partner and spouse 7
16 Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 8
• section 31(f)(iii) 9
• schedule, definition relationship status, paragraph (g) 10
17 Electrical Safety Act 2002 11
• schedule 2, definition spouse 12
18 First Home Owner Grant Act 2000 13
• section 9(1)(c) 14
19 Judges (Pensions and Long Leave) Act 1957 15
• section 8(2)(b) 16
20 Land Tax Act 2010 17
• schedule 4, definition spouse 18
21 Payroll Tax Act 1971 19
• section 74D(2), definition spouse 20
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Schedule
22 Powers of Attorney Act 1998 1
• section 52A 2
• section 53A(2) 3
23 Public Trustee Act 1978 4
• section 94(5)(b) 5
• section 107(5)(b) 6
24 Status of Children Act 1978 7
• section 19B(b) 8
• section 20(b) and (d) 9
25 Surrogacy Act 2010 10
• section 7(2), note 2 11
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