10ACertain registrations revoked on recognition of same sex marriages

10A Certain registrations revoked on recognition of same sex marriages

10A Certain registrations revoked on recognition of same sex marriages

(1) This section applies to a registered relationship existing immediately before the recognition day if a person in the registered relationship was party to a recognised same sex marriage on the recognition day.

(2) To avoid doubt, the registration of a registered relationship to which this section applies was revoked on the recognition day.

(3) In this section:

recognised same sex marriage means a marriage that:

(a) was solemnised before the recognition day, and

(b) was recognised in Australia as valid on the recognition day because of Part 5 of Schedule 1 to the Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Act 2017 of the Commonwealth, and

(c) would not have been recognised apart from that Part.

recognition day means the day on which Part 5 of Schedule 1 to the Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Act 2017 of the Commonwealth commenced.

s 10A: Ins 2018 No 28, Sch 7.