Northern Territory Numbered Acts

ADOPTION OF CHILDREN LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (EQUALITY) ACT 2018 (NO 4 OF 2018) - SECT 4

(1)     Section 3(1), definition spouse

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(2)     Section 3(1)

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"Register of Adoptions", see section 54(1)(a).

"spouse", of a person, means any of the following:

    (a)     a person to whom the person is married;

    (b)     if the person is an Aboriginal – an Aboriginal with whom the person is in a traditional Aboriginal marriage;

    (c)     a person who is in a de facto relationship with the person.

(3)     Section 3(1), definition citizen-child

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of the Commonwealth

(4)     Section 3(1), at the end

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Note for subsection (1)

The Interpretation Act contains definitions and other provisions that may be relevant to this Act.

(5)     Section 3(2)

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All words from "Where" to "that office"

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If the holder of an office that is established by another Act ( office holder ) is referred to in this Act and the office holder

(6)     Section 3(2)

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his or her

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the office holder's

(7)     Section 3(2)(a)

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deemed

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taken

(8)     Section 3(2)(b)

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shall

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is to

(9)     Section 3(4)(a) and (b)

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    (a)     2 persons who are married; or

    (b)     2 Aboriginal persons who are living together in a traditional Aboriginal marriage; or

    (c)     2 persons who are in a de facto relationship.