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CurrentApplication of Act
Part 1Preliminary
4 Application of Act
(1)
This Act does not apply to—
(a)
a domestic partnership (other than a domestic partnership that was a de facto relationship) that ended before the commencement of this section; or
(b)
a de facto relationship that ended before 16 December 1996.
Note—
The Domestic Partners Property Act 1996 came into operation on 16 December 1996 as the De Facto Relationships Act 1996.
(2)
In this section—
de facto relationship means the relationship between a man and a woman, who although not legally married to each other, live together on a genuine domestic basis as husband and wife.
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