Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current ActsS. 10(1) amended by No. 4/2009 s. 11(1).
(1) If an application to register a registrable domestic relationship or registrable caring relationship has not been withdrawn under section 9, the Registrar may register the relationship in accordance with this section.
S. 10(2) amended by No. 4/2009 s. 11(1).
(2) The Registrar must not register a registrable domestic relationship or registrable caring relationship until the later of—
(a) 28 days after the date of lodgement of the application; or
(b) the time when further information is provided to the Registrar under section 8.
(3) The Registrar must, within a reasonable time after the expiry of the period specified in subsection (2)—
S. 10(3)(a) substituted by No. 4/2009 s. 11(2).
(a) in the case of a registrable domestic relationship application, register the relationship in the Relationships Register as a registered domestic relationship; or
S. 10(3)(ab) inserted by No. 4/2009 s. 11(2).
(ab) in the case of a registrable caring relationship application, register the relationship in the Relationships Register as a registered caring relationship; or
(b) refuse to register the relationship.