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The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
THE SENATE
Presented and read a first time
No. , 2016
(Senator Leyonhjelm)
A Bill for an Act to amend the Marriage Act 1961 to reduce government intervention in marri age, and for related purposes
Contents
1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1
2............ Commencement................................................................................... 1
3............ Objects................................................................................................ 2
4............ Schedules............................................................................................ 2
Schedule 1—Amendments 4
Marriage Act 1961 4
Schedule 2—Consequential amendments 7
Part 1—Amendment of the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 7
Sex Discrimination Act 1984 7
Part 2—Other consequential amendments 8
A Bill for an Act to amend the Marriage Act 1961 to reduce government intervention in marriage, and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
This Act is the Freedom to Marry Act 2016 .
(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
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1. Sections 1 to 3 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table |
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2. Schedule 1 |
The 14th day after this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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3. Schedule 2, Part 1 |
The 14th day after this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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4. Schedule 2, Part 2 |
The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act.
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
The objects of this Act are:
(a) to ensure the Marriage Act 1961 allows all Australians the freedom to marry regardless of sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity; and
(b) to facilitate less government intervention in private and family life; and
(c) to promote freedom of choice and conscience for individual Australians.
Legislation 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.