Corresponding law registered relationships
7 Corresponding law registered relationships
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.
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