sch.2-sec.3Special personal matter

### sch.2-sec.3 Special personal matter A special personal matter , for a principal, is a matter relating to 1 or more of the following— making or revoking the principal’s will; making or revoking a power of attorney, enduring power of attorney or advance health directive of the principal; exercising the principal’s right to vote in a Commonwealth, State or local government election or referendum; consenting to adoption of a child of the principal under 18 years; consenting to marriage of the principal; consenting to the principal entering into a civil partnership; consenting to the principal 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 principal; 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 principal 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 principal in the relevant child register under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2023 ; applying for a recognised details certificate for the principal under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2023 ; applying for a recognised details certificate for a child of the principal under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2023 . sch 1 s 3 sub 2000 No. 8 s 263 sch 3 amd 2010 No. 2 s 99 ; 2011 No. 46 s 71 ; 2012 No. 12 s 59 sch pt 2 ; 2015 No. 33 s 52 (2) sch pt 2 ; 2019 No. 9 s 82 ; 2020 No. 33 s 154 ; 2023 No. 17 s 181 - (a) making or revoking the principal’s will; - (b) making or revoking a power of attorney, enduring power of attorney or advance health directive of the principal; - (c) exercising the principal’s right to vote in a Commonwealth, State or local government election or referendum; - (d) consenting to adoption of a child of the principal under 18 years; - (e) consenting to marriage of the principal; - (f) consenting to the principal entering into a civil partnership; - (g) consenting to the principal 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 principal; - (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 principal 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 principal in the relevant child register under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2023 ; - (n) applying for a recognised details certificate for the principal under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2023 ; - (o) applying for a recognised details certificate for a child of the principal under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2023 .