Queensland Consolidated Acts

BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT 2003 - SECT 25B

25B How civil partnerships are registered

(1) Subsection (2) applies if the registrar is required to register a relationship as a civil partnership under the Civil Partnerships Act 2011 , section 9 or 12 .

(2) The registrar must register the civil partnership by including in the register the particulars of the civil partnership prescribed under a regulation.

(3) If 2 persons make, under the Civil Partnerships Act 2011 , section 11 , a declaration of civil partnership before a civil partnership notary other than the registrar, the notary must give the following to the registrar not later than 14 days after the day the declaration is made—

(a) written notice of the making of the declaration;

(b) the notice given to the notary under the Civil Partnerships Act 2011 , section 10 for the civil partnership.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—5 penalty units.

(4) In this section—

"civil partnership notary" see the Civil Partnerships Act 2011 , schedule 2 .