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Title

Same-Sex Marriages Bill 2006 [2008]

Database

Bills & Legislation

Long Title

A Bill for an Act to amend the Marriage Act 1961 to provide for same-sex marriages, and for related purposes

Date

15-06-2006 12:01 AM

Source

Senate

Parl No.

42

Bill Number

2006/084

Bill Type

Private

Portfolio

 

Reps Bill Code

O

Status

Not Proceeding

System Id

legislation/bills/s502_first/0000


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Same-Sex Marriages Bill 2006 [2008]
2004

 

 

2004-2005-2006

 

The Parliament of the

Commonwealth of Australia

 

THE SENATE

 

 

 

 

Presented and read a first time

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Same-Sex Marriages Bill 2006

 

No.      , 2006

 

(Senators Stott Despoja and Bartlett)

 

 

A Bill for an Act to amend the Marriage Act 1961 to provide for same-sex marriages, and for related purposes

   

   

Contents

1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1

2............ Commencement................................................................................... 1

3............ Schedule(s)......................................................................................... 2

Schedule 1—Same-sex marriages                                                                                  3

Marriage Act 1961                                                                                                       3

A Bill for an Act to amend the Marriage Act 1961 to provide for same-sex marriages, and for related purposes

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1   Short title

                   This Act may be cited as the Same-Sex Marriages Act 2006 .

2   Commencement

                   This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

3  Schedule(s)

                   Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.