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Domicile Act 1981 No. 51

Effective Date Publication Date Amendments Included Notes
01 July 1982 10 August 1994
01 June 2010 20 April 2021 2010 Act No. 2
01 July 2021 30 June 2021 2020 Act No. 33

Domicile Act 1981 No. 51

date of assent 12 June 1981

ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent

remaining provisions commenced 1 July 1982 (proc pubd Gaz 19 June 1982 p 1600)

Surrogacy Act 2010 No. 2 ss 1–2, ch 6 pt 6

date of assent 16 February 2010

ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent

remaining provisions commenced 1 June 2010 (2010 SL No. 86)

Meriba Omasker Kaziw Kazipa (Torres Strait Islander Traditional Child Rearing Practice) Act 2020 No. 33

date of assent 14 September 2020

pt 13 div 6 comm 1 July 2021 (2021 SL No. 25 item 2)

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s 8 amd 2010 No. 2 s 93; 2020 No. 33 s 132

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