Relationships Register Regulations 2017

These regulations may be cited as the

Relationships Register

Regulations 2017.

In these regulations—

Act means the Relationships Register

Act 2016;

parent includes—

the mother and father of the child; and

the mother and co‑parent of the child (within the meaning of the Family Relationships

Act 1975); and

the parent of a child under an order under section 18 of the

Surrogacy

Act 2019.

For the purposes of section 8(2) of the Act, the particulars that are required to be entered in the Register are—

in respect of each person in the relationship—

the person's name; and

the person's occupation; and

the person's principal place of residence; and

the person's date and place of birth; and

the name of the person's parents; and

the date on which the entry relating to the relationship is made in the Register.

For the purposes of section 10(2)(b) of the Act—

notice of the application to revoke the registration of a relationship must be served by the applicant on the other person in the relationship—

personally; or

by leaving the notice for the person at the person's last known residential address or with someone apparently over the age of 16 years at that address; and

proof of service of the notice must be provided to the Registrar in the form of a statutory declaration setting out—

the name of the person served; and

the method of service; and

the time and date of service.

For the purposes of section 10(2)(d) of the Act, an application to revoke the registration of a relationship must be accompanied by the following information in relation to each person in the relationship:

the person's name;

the person's date and place of birth;

the date on which the relationship was registered under the

Act.

For the purposes of section 13(1)(c) of the Act—

the date on which the Registrar makes an entry relating to the revocation of a registered relationship must be included in the Register;

and

the Registrar must specify the reason the registered relationship ended, whether—

because it was revoked in accordance with section 12 of the Act;

or

by virtue of an event as set out in section 13(1)(a) or (b) of the

Act.

For the purposes of section 26(1) of the Act, each of the following laws is declared to be a corresponding law:

the Civil Partnerships Act

2011 of Queensland;

the Civil Unions Act

2012 of the Australian Capital Territory;

the Domestic Relationships

Act 1994 of the Australian Capital Territory;

section 4 and Part 2 of the Relationships Act 2003 of

Tasmania;

the Relationships Act

2008 of Victoria;

the Relationships Register

Act 2010 of New South Wales;

Book 1 of the Civil

Code of Québec, Canada;

the Domestic Relations

Law of the State of New York, United States of

America;

Book 1 of the Dutch Civil

Code of the Netherlands;

Chapter 572 Marriage, Part 1 and Chapter 572B

Civil Unions, Hawaii Revised

Statutes of the State of Hawaii, United States of

America;

the Civil Marriage Act

2005 of Canada;

the Civil Partnership Act

2004 of the United Kingdom;

the Civil Union Act

2004 of New Zealand;

the Civil Union Act

2006 of South Africa;

the Marriage Act

1949 of the United Kingdom;

the Marriage Act

1955 of New Zealand

Division 3 of the Marriage,

Family Code of the State of California, United States of

America;

the Marriage and Civil

Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 of Scotland;

the Vital Statistics Act,

Revised Statutes 1989, c494 of Nova Scotia,

Canada.