Marriage Act 1961 (Cth)
LegislationReferenced in 3 bills
Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Amendment Bill 2018
This bill removes the requirement for transgender people to be unmarried before they can update their birth certificate to reflect their sex reassignment. The change was prompted by the introduction of federal marriage equality in December 2017, which made the old restriction both unnecessary and potentially discriminatory under Commonwealth law.
Criminal Justice Legislation (Sexual Violence and Other Matters) Amendment Bill 2024
This bill implements the third wave of reforms from the Women's Safety and Justice Taskforce, focusing on sexual violence and improving how women and girls experience the criminal justice system. It creates new offences to protect young people from sexual exploitation by people in authority, strengthens protections for vulnerable witnesses, allows expert evidence to help juries understand victim behaviour, and modernises rules about how past behaviour evidence can be used in criminal trials.
Relationships (Civil Partnerships) and Other Acts Amendment Bill 2015
This bill restores the right for adult couples of any gender in Queensland to hold an official civil partnership ceremony before registering their relationship. It renames the Relationships Act back to the Civil Partnerships Act, sets up a new scheme for registering civil partnership notaries who can conduct ceremonies, and modernises the Births, Deaths and Marriages registry by moving to electronic lodgement of birth and death records.