Marriage Act (Proclaimed Overseas Countries) Proclamation 2016

I, General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Ret’d), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Proclamation.

Signed and Sealed with the

Great Seal of Australia on

10 March 2016

Peter Cosgrove

Governor‑General

By His Excellency’s Command

George Brandis QC

Attorney‑General

Contents

1 Name

2 Commencement

3 Authority

4 Schedules

5 Definitions

6 Proclaimed overseas countries

Schedule 1—Repeals

Marriage Act 1961 – Division 3 of Part IV – Proclamation (18/08/1967)

1  Name

  This is the Marriage Act (Proclaimed Overseas Countries) Proclamation 2016.

2  Commencement

 (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

 (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3  Authority

  This instrument is made under section 54 of the Marriage Act 1961.

4  Schedules

  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

5  Definitions

  In this instrument:

Act means the Marriage Act 1961.

6  Proclaimed overseas countries

  For section 54 of the Act, a country mentioned in the following table is a proclaimed overseas country for the purposes of Division 3 of Part IV of the Act.

Schedule 1—Repeals

Marriage Act 1961 – Division 3 of Part IV – Proclamation (18/08/1967)

1  The whole of the Proclamation

Repeal the Proclamation.

Note: The Proclamation’s FRLI identifier is F2006B00435.