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BIRTHS DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION (RECOGNITION OF SAME SEX MARITAL STATUS) AMENDMENT BILL 2016

South Australia

Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration (Recognition of Same Sex Marital Status) Amendment Bill 2016

A BILL FOR

An Act to amend the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1996


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Contents

Part 1—Preliminary


1Short title


2Commencement


3Amendment provisions


Part 2—Amendment of Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1996


4Insertion of Part 6 Division 5


Division 5—Details required under this Part to include same sex marital status


39ADetails required under this Part to include same sex marital status



The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows:

Part 1—Preliminary

1—Short title

This Act may be cited as the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration (Recognition of Same Sex Marital Status) Amendment Act 2016.

2—Commencement

This Act will come into operation 3 months after it is assented to by the Governor.

3—Amendment provisions

In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the amendment of a specified Act amends the Act so specified.

Part 2—Amendment of Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1996

4—Insertion of Part 6 Division 5

Part 6—after Division 4 insert:

Division 5—Details required under this Part to include same sex marital status

39A—Details required under this Part to include same sex marital status

If, in relation to a deceased person—

(a) this Part requires details of the person's marital status to be stated or recorded (whether in a statement to the Registrar or in an entry made in the Register); and

(b) the person's marriage was solemnised as a marriage between 2 persons of the same sex under the law or custom of an overseas country and is recognised as a valid marriage under that law or custom,

the person's marital status must be stated, or recorded in the Register, as "married overseas".

 


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