3Object and application

3 Object and application

(1) The object of this Act is to abolish the rule of law whereby a married woman has at all times the domicile of her husband, and to make certain other reforms to the law relating to domicile, for the purposes of: (a) the laws of the Commonwealth; and (b) the laws of (including the common law in force in) each of the Territories to which this Act applies; and this Act has effect, and shall be construed, accordingly. (2) For the purposes of the application of this Act in relation to the laws of the Commonwealth, this Act has effect to the exclusion of the laws of any State, any Territory or any other country relating to any matters dealt with by this Act. (3) For the purposes of the application of this Act in relation to the laws of a Territory to which this Act applies, this Act has effect to the exclusion of the laws of any State, any other Territory or any other country relating to any matters dealt with by this Act. (4) For the purposes of the application of this Act in relation to a law of the Commonwealth that extends to an external Territory, this Act shall be deemed to extend to that Territory. (5) Where a provision of a law of the Commonwealth refers to domicile in, or to domicile outside, Australia, the provision shall, for the purposes of the application of this Act, be taken to refer to domicile in, or to domicile outside, as the case may be, the area that constitutes Australia, within the meaning of that provision, considered as a single country. (6) This Act applies to the following Territories: (a) the Australian Capital Territory; (b) Norfolk Island; (c) the Jervis Bay Territory; (d) the Territory of Christmas Island; (e) the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands; (f) any external Territory declared by the regulations to be a Territory to which this Act extends.