Civil Partnerships Act 2011Reprint noteThis is the last reprint before expiry. Expired on 31 August 2023 (see SIA s 56A and SIR s 5 sch 3).Civil Partnerships Regulation 2012Part 1Preliminary1Short titleThis regulation may be cited as the Civil Partnerships Regulation 2012.s 1 amd 2012 Act No. 12 s 28; 2016 SL No. 15 s 162CommencementThis regulation commences on 23 February 2012.Part 2General3Documents to prove identity etc.—Act, ss 7, 10 and 15(1)For sections 7, 10 and 15 of the Act, the following documents are prescribed—
  • (a)for sections 7(2)(b), 10(2)(b) and 15(2)(c)—
  • (i)1 document from each of the following—
  • (A)a document that shows photographic identification of the person and states the person’s date of birth;
  • (B)a document verifying the person’s identity; or
  • (ii)2 documents mentioned in subparagraph (i)(B), at least one of which must state the person’s date of birth;
  • (b)for sections 7(2)(c), 10(2)(c) and 15(2)(c)—a document showing where the person lives.
    • 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 showing where the person lives
  • •a statement not more than 6 months old issued by a financial institution showing where the person lives
    • (2)Each document must be either an original document or a certified copy of an original document.s 3 amd 2012 Act No. 12 s 29; 2016 SL No. 15 s 17; 2017 Act No. 25 s 111    4Civil partnerships under corresponding laws—Act, s 33(1)For section 33(2) of the Act, definition corresponding law, the laws in schedule 1, part 1 are prescribed to be corresponding laws for the Act.(2)For section 33(1) of the Act, each relationship in schedule 1, part 2 is taken to be registered as a civil partnership under the Act.s 4 amd 2012 Act No. 12 s 30; 2016 SL No. 15 s 18sub 2017 SL No. 191 s 3    Part 3Fees and annual returnspt 3 hdg ins 2016 SL No. 15 s 195Fee for termination application—Act, s 15For section 15(2)(b) of the Act, the fee prescribed is 40.25 fee units.s 5 ins 2012 Act No. 12 s 31amd 2013 SL No. 122 s 3 sch; 2014 SL No. 128 s 3 sch; 2015 SL No. 53 s 98; 2016 SL No. 15 s 20; 2016 SL No. 85 s 30; 2017 SL No. 109 s 31; 2018 SL No. 72 s 30; 2019 SL No. 105 s 30; 2020 SL No. 143 s 31;2021 SL No. 84 s 30; 2022 SL No. 79 s 406Application fee for registration of civil partnership notary—Act, s 20For section 20(2)(b) of the Act, the application fee prescribed is 158.90 fee units.s 6 ins 2016 SL No. 15 s 21amd 2017 SL No. 109 s 32; 2018 SL No. 72 s 31; 2019 SL No. 105 s 31; 2020 SL No. 143 s 32; 2021 SL No. 84 s 31; 2022 SL No. 79 s 417Annual registration fee and annual return for civil partnership notary—Act, s 20A(1)For section 20A(1)(a) of the Act—
  • (a)the annual registration fee prescribed is 158.90 fee units; and
  • (b)the day prescribed for giving the registrar the annual registration fee is the anniversary day of the person’s registration.
    • (2)For section 20A(1)(b) of the Act, the day prescribed for giving the registrar an annual return is the anniversary day of the person’s registration.(3)In this section—anniversary day, of a person’s registration, means the day in each year that is the anniversary of the person’s registration under section 20 of the Act.s 7 ins 2016 SL No. 15 s 21amd 2017 SL No. 109 s 33; 2018 SL No. 72 s 32; 2019 SL No. 105 s 32; 2020 SL No. 143 s 33; 2021 SL No. 84 s 32; 2022 SL No. 79 s 42    8Rounding 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 but not more than $1,000—to the nearest multiple of 10 cents (rounding one-half upwards).
    • Example for paragraph (a)—Section 5 prescribes a fee of 40.25 fee units. If the value of a fee unit for this regulation were $1.50, the number of dollars obtained by multiplying $1.50 by 40.25 would be $60.375. Because $60.375 is halfway between $60.35 and $60.40, it is rounded upwards, so the amount of the fee for section 5 would be $60.40.    s 8 ins 2022 SL No. 79 s 43    Schedule 1Corresponding laws and relationshipssection 4Part 1Corresponding laws
  • 1Relationships Register Act 2010 (NSW)
  • 2Relationships Act 2008 (Vic)
  • 3Relationships Act 2003 (Tas)
  • 4Domestic Relationships Act 1994 (ACT)
  • 5Civil Unions Act 2012 (ACT)
  • 6Relationships Register Act 2016 (SA)
  • 7Civil Union Act 2004 (New Zealand)
  • 8Civil Partnership Act 2004 (United Kingdom)
  • 9Civil Union Act 2006 (South Africa)
  • 10Vital Statistics Act, CCSM, c V60, section 13.1 of Manitoba (Canada)
  • 11Vital Statistics Act, RSNS 1989, c 494 of Nova Scotia (Canada)
  • 12Civil Code of Quebec, c CCQ-1991, Book 2 (Canada)
  • 13California Family Code, division 2.5 (United States of America)
  • 14Hawaii Revised Statutes, chapter 572B (United States of America)
    • Part 2Corresponding relationships
  • 1a registered relationship under the Relationships Register Act 2010 (NSW)
  • 2a registered domestic relationship under the Relationships Act 2008 (Vic)
  • 3a significant relationship for which a deed of relationship is registered under the Relationships Act 2003 (Tas)
  • 4a civil partnership under the Domestic Relationships Act 1994 (ACT)
  • 5a civil union under the Civil Unions Act 2012 (ACT)
  • 6a registered relationship under the Relationships Register Act 2016 (SA)
  • 7a civil union under the Civil Union Act 2004 (New Zealand)
  • 8a civil partnership under the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (United Kingdom)
  • 9a civil partnership under the Civil Union Act 2006 (South Africa)
  • 10a common-law relationship registered under the Vital Statistics Act, CCSM, c V60, section 13.1 of Manitoba (Canada)
  • 11a domestic partnership under the Vital Statistics Act, RSNS 1989, c 494 of Nova Scotia (Canada)
  • 12a civil union under the Civil Code of Quebec, c CCQ-1991, Book 2 (Canada)
  • 13a domestic partnership under the California Family Code, division 2.5 (United States of America)
  • 14a civil union under the Hawaii Revised Statutes, chapter 572B (United States of America)
    • sch 1 ins 2017 SL No. 191 s 4amd 2018 SL No. 25 s 7