Western Australian Current Acts

COMMONWEALTH POWERS (DE FACTO RELATIONSHIPS) ACT 2006 - SECT 5

5 .         Termination of references

        (1)         The Governor may, at any time, by proclamation, fix a day as the day on which the references are to terminate.

        (2)         The day fixed under subsection (1) must be no earlier than the first day after the end of the period of 3 months beginning with the day on which the proclamation is published in the Gazette .

        (3)         The Governor may, by proclamation, revoke a proclamation published under subsection (1), in which case the revoked proclamation is taken (for the purposes of section 4) never to have been published.

        (4)         A revoking proclamation has effect only if published before the day fixed under subsection (1).

        (5)         The revocation of a proclamation published under subsection (1) does not prevent publication of a further proclamation under that subsection.

        (6)         A proclamation is to be made under this section if and only if the making of that proclamation has been recommended by resolution passed by both Houses of Parliament of this State.

Notes

This is a compilation of the Commonwealth Powers (De Facto Relationships) Act 2006 . For provisions that have come into operation see the compilation table.

Compilation table

Short title	Number and year	Assent	Commencement
Commonwealth Powers (De Facto Relationships) Act 2006	26 of 2006	26 Jun 2006	s. 1 and 2: 26 Jun 2006; Act other than s. 1 and 2: 21 Nov 2020 (see s. 2 and SL 2020/222 cl. 2)

Defined terms

[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]

Defined term         Provision(s)
de facto partner         3(1)
de facto relationship         3(1)
superannuation matters         3(1)