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JUSTICE AND RELATED LEGISLATION (MARRIAGE AMENDMENTS) BILL 2018 BILL 47 OF 2018

                                    FACT SHEET

        Justice and Related Legislation (Marriage Amendments) Bill 2018
This Bill makes a number of consequential amendments to various Tasmanian Acts as a
result of the Commonwealth Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Act
2017.

This Bill amends –

   a)    The Adoption Act 1988 to extend the relevant consent provisions to women in
         a same-sex marriage;

   b)    The Anti-Discrimination Act 1998 to allow a minister for religion or a religious
         marriage celebrant to refuse to solemnise a marriage if the circumstances
         mentioned in section 47 or 47A of the Commonwealth Marriage Act 1961 apply
         to that refusal;

   c)    Sections 28A and 28C of the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1999
         to remove the requirement that a person applying to register a change of sex
         ‘not be married’;

   d)    The following Tasmanian Acts to ensure the terminology is consistent with the
         recent amendments to the Marriage Act 1961:

         -     Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1999;
         -     Civil Liability Act 2002;
         -     Conveyancing and Law of Property Act 1884;
         -     Criminal Code Act 1924; and

   e)    The Status of Children Act 1974 to extend the presumption of parentage to
         recognise parentage arising from same-sex marriage.




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