Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Commencement Proclamation 2017
I, General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Ret’d), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and under item 2 of the table in subsection 2(1) of the Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Act 2017, fix 9 December 2017 as the day on which Parts 1 and 2 of Schedule 1 to that Act commence.
Signed and Sealed with the
Great Seal of Australia on
08 December 2017
Peter Cosgrove
Governor‑General
By His Excellency’s Command
George Brandis QC
Attorney‑General