STATUTES AMENDMENT (DOMESTIC PARTNERS) ACT 2006 (NO 43 OF 2006) - SECT 75

STATUTES AMENDMENT (DOMESTIC PARTNERS) ACT 2006 (NO 43 OF 2006) - SECT 75

75—Substitution of section 4

Section 4—delete the section and substitute:

4—Application of Act

        (1)         This Act does not apply to—

            (a)         a domestic partnership (other than a domestic partnership that was a de facto relationship) that ended before the commencement of this section; or

            (b)         a de facto relationship that ended before 16 December 1996.

Note—

The Domestic Partners Property Act 1996 came into operation on 16 December 1996 as the De Facto Relationships Act 1996 .

        (2)         In this section—

"de facto relationship" means the relationship between a man and a woman, who although not legally married to each other, live together on a genuine domestic basis as husband and wife.