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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.