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Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Act 2017
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C2021C00511 C02
01 September 2021
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1 Short title
2 Commencement
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3 Schedules
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Schedule 1—Amendments
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Part 1—Main amendments
Marriage Act 1961
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Part 2—Amendment of the Sex Discrimination Act 1984
Sex Discrimination Act 1984
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Part 3—Amendments if Schedule 9 to the Civil Law and Justice Legislation Amendment Act 2018 not yet commenced
Marriage Act 1961
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Part 4—Amendments once Schedule 9 to the Civil Law and Justice Legislation Amendment Act 2018 commences
Marriage Act 1961
Part 5—Application and transitional provisions
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Schedule 2—Additional amendment of the Sex Discrimination Act 1984
Sex Discrimination Act 1984
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Schedule 3—Consequential amendments
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Part 1—Attorney-General
Acts Interpretation Act 1901
Defence Force Discipline Appeals Act 1955
Defence (Visiting Forces) Act 1963
Evidence Act 1995
Family Law Act 1975
Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988
Maintenance Orders (Commonwealth Officers) Act 1966
Marriage Act 1961
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Part 2—Defence
Australian Defence Force Cover Act 2015
Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Act 1973
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Part 3—Employment
Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988
Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1992
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Part 4—Finance
Federal Circuit Court of Australia Act 1999
Governor-General Act 1974
Judges’ Pensions Act 1968
Parliamentary Contributory Superannuation Act 1948
Superannuation Act 1976
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Part 5—Immigration and Border Protection
Migration Act 1958
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Part 6—Veterans’ Affairs
Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004
Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-related Claims) Act 1988
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Schedule 4—Additional application and transitional provisions
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Part 1—Application and transitional provisions relating to family law matters
Division 1—Preliminary
Division 2—Matters under the Family Law Act 1975
Division 3—Matters under the Family Court Act 1997 (WA)
Part 2—Other transitional provisions
Part 3—Transitional rules
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Endnotes
Endnote 1—About the endnotes
Endnote 2—Abbreviation key
Endnote 3—Legislation history
Endnote 4—Amendment history