MARRIAGE AMENDMENT ACT 2004 NO. 126, 2004 - SCHEDULE 1 - Amendment of the Marriage Act 1961
MARRIAGE AMENDMENT ACT 2004 NO. 126, 2004 - SCHEDULE 1
- Amendment of the Marriage Act 1961 1 Subsection 5(1)Insert:
- "marriage" means the union of a man and a woman
to the exclusion of all others, voluntarily entered into for life.
2 At the end of section 88B
Add:
- (4)
- To avoid doubt, in this Part (including section 88E) "marriage" has the meaning given by subsection 5(1).
3 After section 88E
Insert:
88EA Certain unions are not marriages-
A union solemnised in a foreign country between:
(a) a man and another man; or
(b) a woman and another woman;
must not be recognised as a marriage in Australia.