Civil Partnerships Regulation 2023

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Examples for subsection (1)(a)(i)(A)— • a driver licence • a passport • a photo identification card Examples for subsection (1)(a)(i)(B)— • a credit card • a Medicare card • a birth certificate Examples for subsection (1)(b)— • a telephone, gas or electricity account statement not more than 6 months old that shows where the person lives • a statement not more than 6 months old issued by a financial institution that shows where the person lives (2) Each document must be either an original document or a certified copy of an original document. 4 Prescribed day for annual registration fee and annual return— Act , s 20A (1) The day prescribed for section 20A (1)(a) and (b) of the Act for a person registered as a civil partnership notary is the anniversary day for the person. (2) In this section— anniversary day , for a person registered as a civil partnership notary, means the day in each year that is the anniversary of the person’s registration under section 20 of the Act . 5 Corresponding laws and relationships— Act , s 33 For section 33 of the Act — (a) a law stated in schedule 1 , column 1 is prescribed for section 33 (2) of the Act , definition corresponding law ; and (b) a relationship under a corresponding law stated opposite the law in schedule 1 , column 2 is taken to be registered as a civil partnership for section 33 (1) of the Act . 6 Fees (1) Fees payable under the Act are stated in schedule 2 . (2) The registrar may waive, wholly or partly, payment of a fee stated in schedule 2 . (3) In deciding whether to wholly or partly waive a fee the registrar may have regard to 1 or more of the following factors— (a) whether the person who is to pay the fee is experiencing financial hardship; (b) for an application—whether the provision of the thing applied for would improve the person’s circumstances; (c) whether, in the registrar’s opinion, waiver of the fee is otherwise desirable in the circumstances. (4) The registrar may refund all or part of a fee paid. 7 Rounding of amounts expressed as numbers of fee units (1) This section applies for working out the amount of a fee expressed in this regulation as a number of fee units. (2) For the purpose of the Acts Interpretation Act 1954 , section 48C (3), the amount is to be rounded— (a) if the result is not more than $100—to the nearest multiple of 5 cents (rounding one-half upwards); or (b) if the result is more than $100—to the nearest multiple of 10 cents (rounding one-half upwards). Example for paragraph (b)— If a fee were 155.10 fee units and the value of a fee unit were $1.50, the number of dollars obtained by multiplying 155.10 by $1.50 would be $232.65. Because $232.65 is halfway between $232.60 and $232.70, it is rounded upwards, so the amount of the fee would be $232.70. Schedule 1 Corresponding laws and relationships section 5 Column 1 Column 2 Civil Unions Act 2012 (ACT) a civil union Domestic Relationships Act 1994 (ACT) a civil partnership Relationships Act 2003 (Tas) a significant relationship for which a deed of relationship is registered Relationships Act 2008 (Vic) a registered domestic relationship Relationships Register Act 2010 (NSW) a registered relationship Relationships Register Act 2016 (SA) a registered relationship California Family Code , division 2.5 (United States of America) a domestic partnership Civil Code of Quebec , CQLR c CCQ-1991, Book 2 (Canada) a civil union Civil Partnership Act 2004 (United Kingdom) a civil partnership Civil Union Act 2004 (New Zealand) a civil union Civil Union Act 2006 (South Africa) a civil partnership Hawaii Revised Statutes , chapter 572B (United States of America) a civil union Vital Statistics Act , CCSM, c V60, section 13.1 of Manitoba (Canada) a registered common-law relationship Vital Statistics Act , RSNS 1989, c 494 of Nova Scotia (Canada) a domestic partnership Schedule 2 Fees section 6 (1) Fee units 1 Application for registration (Act, s 7(2)(c)) 150 2 Application for termination (Act, s 15(2)(b)) 78.30 3 Application for registration of civil partnership notary (Act, s 20(2)(b)) 75.45 4 Annual registration fee for civil partnership notary (Act, s 20A(1)(a)) 45.25 from top.html --> Site footer Copyright Disclaimer Privacy Right to information --> Accessibility Jobs in Queensland Government Other languages © The State of Queensland (Office of the Queensland Parliamentary Counsel) 2014-2026 (Ver. 2.7.30-7865 Rev. ) Queensland Government -->