s.2Interpretation
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Section 2Part 1 — PRELIMINARY

Interpretation

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In this Law —
"certificate of civil partnership" means a certificate issued under section 21 after a civil partnership is formalised;
"civil partner" means a party to a civil partnership;
"civil partnership" means a union between two persons —
recognised; or
formalised and registered,
in accordance with this Law;
"civil partnership officer" means a person appointed under section 26 or licensed under section 33 or 34;
"Civil Partnerships Register" means the register kept under section 21;
"Civil Registrar" means a Civil Registrar for civil partnerships appointed under section 29;
"commencement date" means the date on which this Law is published in the Gazette;
"overseas relationship" has the meaning assigned by section 38;
"prescribed" means prescribed by regulations made by the Governor in accordance with section 50;
"prohibited degrees of civil partnership" has the meaning given in section 6 and Schedule 1;
"Registrar" means the Registrar of Civil Partnerships who shall be the Registrar-General;
"Registrar's or a Civil Registrar's certificate" means a certificate issued by the Registrar or a Civil Registrar under section 9;
"relevant law" means the law of the country or territory where the relationship is registered, including its rules of private international law;
"special licence" means a special licence issued by the Governor under section 10;
"specified relationship" has the meaning assigned by section 39; and
"witness" means a person who is eighteen years of age or older who is of sound mind.

Defined Terms

certificate of civil partnershipcivil partnercivil partnershipcivil partnership officerCivil Partnerships RegisterCivil Registrarcommencement dateoverseas relationshipprescribedprohibited degrees of civil partnershipRegistrarRegistrar's or a Civil Registrar's certificaterelevant lawspecial licencespecified relationshipwitness

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