Married Persons (Equality of Status) Act 1996 Proclamation re commencement (1997-59) [GG No 20 of 21.2.1997, p 799] (NSW)

1997 No 59

New South Wales

MARRIED PERSONS (EQUALITY OF STATUS) ACT 1996

No 96—PROCLAMATION

(L.S.) GORDON SAMUELS, Governor.

I, the Honourable Gordon Samuels AC, Governor of the State of New South Wales, with the advice of the Executive Council, and in pursuance of section 2 of the Married Persons (Equality of Status) Act 1996, do, by this my Proclamation, appoint 1 March 1997 as the day on which that Act commences.

Signed and sealed at Sydney, this 19th day of February 1997.

By His Excellency’s Command,

JEFFREY SHAW, Q.C., M.L.C.,

Attorney General.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Published in Gazette No 20 of 21 February 1997, page 799