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(1) This Act provides a way for 2 adults who are in a relationship as a couple, regardless of their sex, to have their relationship legally recognised by registration as a civil partnership.

Division 2.2

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Division 2.2 Eligibility

7 Eligibility criteria

A person may enter into a civil partnership only if—

(d) the person does not have any of the following relationships (a prohibited relationship) with the person’s proposed civil partner:

(i) lineal ancestor;

(ii) lineal descendent;

(iii) sister;

(iv) half-sister;

(v) brother;

(vi) half-brother; and

(e) the person or the person’s proposed civil partner, or both of them, live in the ACT.

Division 2.3

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Division 2.3 Registration

11 Application for registration

(1) Two adults who are in a relationship as a couple, regardless of their sex, and who meet the eligibility criteria in section 7, may apply to the registrar-general for registration of their relationship as a civil partnership.

Note If a form is approved under s 28 for an application, the form must be used.

(2) The application must be accompanied by—

(a) a statutory declaration made by each person stating—

(i) that the person wishes to enter into a civil partnership with the other person; and

(ii) that the person is not married or in a civil partnership; and

(iii) that the person believes the person and the other person do not have a prohibited relationship; and

(iv) where the person lives; and

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