Commonwealth: Marriage Amendment Act 2004 (Cth)

Marriage Amendment Act 2004 No. 126, 2004 An Act to amend the Marriage Act 1961, and for related purposes Contents 1 Short title 2 Commencement 3 Schedule(s) Schedule 1—Amendment of the Marriage Act 1961 Marriage Amendment Act 2004 No. 126, 2004 An Act to amend the Marriage Act 1961, and for related purposes [Assented to 16 August 2004] The Parliament of Australia enacts: 1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Marriage Amendment Act 2004. 2 Commencement This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent. 3 Schedule(s) Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms. Schedule 1—Amendment of the Marriage Act 1961 1 Subsection 5(1) Insert: marriage means the union of a man and a woman to the exclusion of all others, voluntarily entered into for life. 2 At the end of section 88B Add: (4) To avoid doubt, in this Part (including section 88E) marriage has the meaning given by subsection 5(1). 3 After section 88E Insert: 88EA Certain unions are not marriages A union solemnised in a foreign country between: (a) a man and another man; or (b) a woman and another woman; must not be recognised as a marriage in Australia. [Minister's second reading speech made in— House of Representatives on 24 June 2004 Senate on 13 August 2004] (143/04)