sch.2-sec.3Special personal matter

### sch.2-sec.3 Special personal matter A special personal matter , for an adult, is a matter relating to 1 or more of the following— making or revoking the adult’s will; making or revoking a power of attorney, enduring power of attorney or advance health directive of the adult; exercising the adult’s right to vote in a Commonwealth, State or local government election or referendum; consenting to adoption of a child of the adult under 18 years; consenting to marriage of the adult; consenting to the adult entering into a civil partnership; consenting to the adult terminating a civil partnership; entering into, or agreeing to enter into, a surrogacy arrangement under the Surrogacy Act 2010 ; consenting to the making or discharge of a parentage order under the Surrogacy Act 2010 ; entering a plea on a criminal charge for the adult; applying, or consenting to an application, for a cultural recognition order or applying for a discharge order under the Meriba Omasker Kaziw Kazipa (Torres Strait Islander Traditional Child Rearing Practice) Act 2020 ; applying to alter the record of sex of the adult in the relevant child register under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2023 ; applying to alter the record of sex of a child of the adult in the relevant child register under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2023 ; applying for a recognised details certificate for the adult under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2023 ; applying for a recognised details certificate for a child of the adult under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2023 . An attorney under an enduring document or a guardian may not be given power for a special personal matter. sch 2 s 3 amd 2010 No. 2 ss 97, 96 sch 1 ; 2011 No. 46 s 59 ; 2012 No. 12 s 59 sch pt 2 ; 2015 No. 33 s 52 (2) sch pt 2 ; 2019 No. 9 s 45 ; 2020 No. 33 s 136 ; 2023 No. 17 s 175 - (a) making or revoking the adult’s will; - (b) making or revoking a power of attorney, enduring power of attorney or advance health directive of the adult; - (c) exercising the adult’s right to vote in a Commonwealth, State or local government election or referendum; - (d) consenting to adoption of a child of the adult under 18 years; - (e) consenting to marriage of the adult; - (f) consenting to the adult entering into a civil partnership; - (g) consenting to the adult terminating a civil partnership; - (h) entering into, or agreeing to enter into, a surrogacy arrangement under the Surrogacy Act 2010 ; - (i) consenting to the making or discharge of a parentage order under the Surrogacy Act 2010 ; - (j) entering a plea on a criminal charge for the adult; - (k) applying, or consenting to an application, for a cultural recognition order or applying for a discharge order under the Meriba Omasker Kaziw Kazipa (Torres Strait Islander Traditional Child Rearing Practice) Act 2020 ; - (l) applying to alter the record of sex of the adult in the relevant child register under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2023 ; - (m) applying to alter the record of sex of a child of the adult in the relevant child register under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2023 ; - (n) applying for a recognised details certificate for the adult under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2023 ; - (o) applying for a recognised details certificate for a child of the adult under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2023 .