Discrimination Law (Marital Status) Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2003 (Qld)

Queensland Subordinate Legislation 2003 No. 54 Aboriginal Land Act 1991 Adoption of Children Act 1964 Ambulance Service Act 1991 Casino Control Act 1982 Corrective Services Act 2000 Court Funds Act 1973 Electricity Act 1994 Fisheries Act 1994 Funeral Benefit Business Act 1982 Land Act 1994 Local Government Act 1993 Personal Injuries Proceedings Act 2002 Property Agents and Motor Dealers Act 2000 Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages Act 1962 Residential Services (Accreditation) Act 2002 Residential Tenancies Act 1994 Supreme Court of Queensland Act 1991 Torres Strait Islander Land Act 1991 Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) Act 1994 DISCRIMINATION LAW (MARITAL STATUS) AMENDMENT REGULATION (No. 1) 2003 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 Commencement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3 Amendments in schedule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 SCHEDULE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 SUBORDINATE LEGISLATION AMENDED

2 Discrimination Law (Marital Status) Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2003 No. 54, 2003 ABORIGINAL LAND REGULATION 1991. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ADOPTION OF CHILDREN REGULATION 1999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AMBULANCE SERVICE REGULATION 1991 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CASINO CONTROL REGULATION 1999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CORRECTIVE SERVICES REGULATION 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . COURT FUNDS REGULATION 1999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CRIMINAL PRACTICE RULES 1999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ELECTRICITY REGULATION 1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FISHERIES (EAST COAST TRAWL) MANAGEMENT PLAN 1999. . . . FISHERIES REGULATION 1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FUNERAL BENEFIT BUSINESS REGULATION 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LAND REGULATION 1995. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LOCAL GOVERNMENT REGULATION 1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PERSONAL INJURIES PROCEEDINGS REGULATION 2002 . . . . . . . . PROPERTY AGENTS AND MOTOR DEALERS REGULATION 2001 . . REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGESREGULATION 1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RESIDENTIAL SERVICES (ACCREDITATION) REGULATION 2002 . . RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES REGULATION 1995. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER LAND REGULATION 1991. . . . . . . . . . . TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (PASSENGER TRANSPORT)REGULATION 1994. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . UNIFORM CIVIL PROCEDURE RULES 1999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 9 10 10 10

s1 3 s3 Discrimination Law (Marital Status) Amendment No. 54, 2003 Regulation (No. 1) 2003 1 Short title This regulation may be cited as the Discrimination Law (Marital Status) Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2003 . 2 Commencement This regulation commences on 1 April 2003. 3 Amendments in schedule The schedule amends the subordinate legislation mentioned in it .

4 Discrimination Law (Marital Status) Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2003 No. 54, 2003 SCHEDULE SUBORDINATE LEGISLATION AMENDED section 3 ABORIGINAL LAND REGULATION 1991 1 Section 11(2), ‘spouse’— omit, insert — ‘husband or wife’. ADOPTION OF CHILDREN REGULATION 1999 1 Section 7(2)(e), ‘spouse’— omit, insert — ‘spouse 1 ’. AMBULANCE SERVICE REGULATION 1991 1 Section 3, definitions “de facto relationship” and “spouse”— omit . CASINO CONTROL REGULATION 1999 1 Section 3, definition “spouse”— omit . 1 The Act, section 6 (Definitions)

5 Discrimination Law (Marital Status) Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2003 No. 54, 2003 SCHEDULE (continued) CORRECTIVE SERVICES REGULATION 2001 1 Section 23(5), from ‘lived with the visiting prisoner’— omit , insert — ‘was, immediately before the prisoner was imprisoned, the prisoner’s de facto partner.’. COURT FUNDS REGULATION 1999 1 Section 24(1), ‘(b)’, last occurring— omit, insert — ‘(c)’. 2 Section 25(3), definition “close relative”, ‘de facto spouse,’— omit . CRIMINAL PRACTICE RULES 1999 1 Schedule 3, form 122, items 1 and 3, ‘( or her) spouse’— omit, insert — ‘wife ( or her husband)’. 2 Schedule 3, form 122, item 2, ‘spouse’— omit, insert — ‘wife’.

6 Discrimination Law (Marital Status) Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2003 No. 54, 2003 SCHEDULE (continued) ELECTRICITY REGULATION 1994 1 Schedule 9, definition “spouse”— omit. FISHERIES (EAST COAST TRAWL) MANAGEMENT PLAN 1999 1 Schedule 7, part 4, definition “close relative”, paragraph (d)— omit, insert— ‘(d) a spouse.’. FISHERIES REGULATION 1995 1 Section 82(2), ‘, de facto spouse’— omit. FUNERAL BENEFIT BUSINESS REGULATION 2000 1 Section 48— insert — ‘ (2) In this section— “next of kin” includes spouse.’.

7 Discrimination Law (Marital Status) Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2003 No. 54, 2003 SCHEDULE (continued) LAND REGULATION 1995 1 Section 6(5), before ‘relative’— insert— ‘spouse, other’. LOCAL GOVERNMENT REGULATION 1994 1 Section 14— insert— ‘ (2) For subsection (1)(a), a councillor’s “spouse” is— (a) for a councillor holding office before the conclusion of the 2004 quadrennial elections— (i) a person who is married to the councillor; or (ii) another person who, although not married to the councillor, lives with the councillor on a genuine domestic basis as the councillor’s husband or wife; and (b) for a councillor holding office at the conclusion of the 2004 quadrennial elections or at a later time, regardless of whether the councillor held office at any time before the conclusion of the elections—the councillor’s spouse as defined in the ActsInterpretation Act 1954 , section 36. ‘ (3) Subsection (2)(a) applies despite the Acts Interpretation Act 1954 , section 32DA(6).’. 2 Section 80(2)— insert — ‘ “spouse” does not include a de facto partner of the same gender.’.

8 Discrimination Law (Marital Status) Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2003 No. 54, 2003 SCHEDULE (continued) 3 Section 80(2)— renumber as section 80(3). 4 Section 80— insert — ‘ (2) Subsection (3), definition “spouse”, applies despite the ActsInterpretation Act 1954 , section 32DA(6).’. 5 Schedule 3, definition “spouse”— omit. PERSONAL INJURIES PROCEEDINGS REGULATION 2002 1 Section 3(7)(a)(iii), ‘as husband and wife’— omit, insert — ‘in a de facto relationship’ . PROPERTY AGENTS AND MOTOR DEALERS REGULATION 2001 1 Section 3(2)(b)(iii), after ‘marriage’— insert — ‘, or in a de facto relationship with the applicant’ .

9 Discrimination Law (Marital Status) Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2003 No. 54, 2003 SCHEDULE (continued) REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGULATION 1995 1 Section 11(d), ‘spouse’— omit, insert — ‘husband or wife’. 2 Schedule 2, item 21(a), ‘spouse’— omit, insert — ‘husband or wife’. RESIDENTIAL SERVICES (ACCREDITATION) REGULATION 2002 1 Section 10(5)— insert — ‘ “next of kin” includes spouse.’. RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES REGULATION 1995 1 Section 24(a)— omit, insert— ‘(a) the person is, or has been, the director’s spouse; or’. 2 Section 25(a)— omit, insert— ‘(a) the director is, or has been, the person’s spouse; or’.

10 Discrimination Law (Marital Status) Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2003 No. 54, 2003 SCHEDULE (continued) 3 Section 26(a)— omit, insert— ‘(a) the person is, or has been, the employee’s spouse; or’. TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER LAND REGULATION 1991 1 Section 11(2), ‘spouse’— omit, insert — ‘husband or wife’. TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (PASSENGER TRANSPORT) REGULATION 1994 1 Section 3, definition “de facto relationship”— omit. UNIFORM CIVIL PROCEDURE RULES 1999 1 Rule 596, definition “de facto spouse”— omit. 2 Rule 596— insert — ‘ “spouse” , in relation to a deceased person and despite the ActsInterpretation Act 1954 , section 32DA(6), 2 means a person who, at the time of the deceased’s death— 2 Acts Interpretation Act 1954 , section 32DA (Meaning of “de facto partner”)

11 Discrimination Law (Marital Status) Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2003 No. 54, 2003 SCHEDULE (continued) (a) was the deceased’s husband or wife; or (b) had been the deceased’s de facto partner for a continuous period of a least 2 years ending on the deceased’s death.’. 3 Rule 610(1)(a), ‘or de facto spouse’— omit. 4 Rule 610(4)— omit, insert— ‘ (4) Also, if there is more than 1 surviving spouse, the court may make a grant to 1 or more of them, or to a person lower in the order of priority.’. 5 Rule 610(7), ‘de facto’— omit. 6 Rule 759(7)(c), ‘any close relatives’— omit, insert — ‘a spouse or close relative’. 7 Rule 971(6)(c), ‘any close relatives’— omit, insert — ‘a spouse or close relative’. 8 Schedule 4, definition “de facto spouse”— omit .

12 Discrimination Law (Marital Status) Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2003 No. 54, 2003 SCHEDULE (continued) 9 Schedule 4— insert — ‘ “spouse” , for chapter 15, 3 see rule 596.’. ENDNOTES 1. Made by the Governor in Council on 27 March 2003. 2. Notified in the gazette on 28 March 2003. 3. Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4. The administering agency is the Department of Justice and Attorney-General. © State of Queensland 2003 3 Chapter 15 (Probate and administration)