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The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Marriage Equality Amendment Bill 2012
No. , 2012
(Mr Bandt, Mr Wilkie)
A Bill for an Act to amend the Marriage Act 1961 to create the opportunity for marriage equality for people regardless of their sex, sexual orientation or gender identity, and for related purposes
Contents
1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1
2............ Commencement................................................................................... 1
3............ Objects................................................................................................ 2
4............ Schedule.............................................................................................. 2
Schedule 1—Amendment of the Marriage Act 1961 3
A Bill for an Act to amend the Marriage Act 1961 to create the opportunity for marriage equality for people regardless of their sex, sexual orientation or gender identity, and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
This Act may be cited as the Marriage Equality Amendment Act 2012 .
This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
The objects of this Act are:
(a) to remove from the Marriage Act 1961 discrimination against people on the basis of their sex, sexual orientation or gender identity; and
(b) to recognise that freedom of sexual orientation and gender identity are fundamental human rights; and
(c) to promote acceptance and the celebration of diversity.
The Marriage Act 1961 is amended as set out in the applicable items in Schedule 1, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.