Historical notes

The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:

Am	amended	LW	legislation website	Sch	Schedule
Cl	clause	No	number	Schs	Schedules
Cll	clauses	p	page	Sec	section
Div	Division	pp	pages	Secs	sections
Divs	Divisions	Reg	Regulation	Subdiv	Subdivision
GG	Government Gazette	Regs	Regulations	Subdivs	Subdivisions
Ins	inserted	Rep	repealed	Subst	substituted

Table of amending instruments

Property (Relationships) Act 1984 No 147 (formerly De Facto Relationships Act 1984). Assented to 10.12.1984. Date of commencement, 1.7.1985, sec 2 (2) and GG No 98 of 28.6.1985, p 3001. This Act has been amended as follows:

1985	No 231	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1985. Assented to 18.12.1985. Date of commencement of Sch 4, assent, sec 2 (1).
1992	No 112	Statute Law (Penalties) Act 1992. Assented to 8.12.1992. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
1996	No 76	Status of Children Act 1996. Assented to 29.10.1996. Date of commencement, 1.9.1998, sec 2 and GG No 126 of 28.8.1998, p 6530.
1997	No 58	District Court Amendment Act 1997. Assented to 2.7.1997. Date of commencement of Sch 2.1, 2.2.1998, sec 2 and GG No 16 of 30.1.1998, p 433.
1999	No 4	Property (Relationships) Legislation Amendment Act 1999. Assented to 7.6.1999. Date of commencement of Sch 1, 28.6.1999, sec 2 and GG No 72 of 25.6.1999, p 4082.
2002	No 26	Financial Services Reform (Consequential Amendments) Act 2002. Assented to 21.6.2002. Date of commencement of Sch 2.9, 1.9.2002, sec 2 (2) and GG No 133 of 23.8.2002, p 6195.
2005	No 28	Civil Procedure Act 2005. Assented to 1.6.2005. Date of commencement of Sch 5.39, 15.8.2005, sec 2 (1) and GG No 100 of 10.8.2005, p 4205.
2007	No 94	Miscellaneous Acts (Local Court) Amendment Act 2007. Assented to 13.12.2007. Date of commencement of Schs 1.83, 2 and 7, 6.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (314) LW 3.7.2009.
2008	No 23	Miscellaneous Acts Amendment (Same Sex Relationships) Act 2008. Assented to 11.6.2008. Date of commencement, 22.9.2008, sec 2 and GG No 118 of 19.9.2008, p 9283.
2010	No 19	Relationships Register Act 2010. Assented to 19.5.2010. Date of commencement of Sch 2.3, 1.7.2010, sec 2 (1) and 2010 (323) LW 1.7.2010.
	No 57	Personal Property Securities Legislation Amendment Act 2010. Assented to 28.6.2010. Date of commencement of Sch 1.18, 30.1.2012, sec 2 and 2011 (661) LW 16.12.2011.
	No 102	Surrogacy Act 2010. Assented to 16.11.2010. Date of commencement, 1.3.2011, sec 2 and 2011 (49) LW 11.2.2011.

Table of amendments

Long title	Am 1999 No 4, Sch 1 [1].
Sec 1	Am 1999 No 4, Sch 1 [2].
Sec 3	Am 1996 No 76, Sch 1.3; 1999 No 4, Sch 1 [3]–[8]; 2007 No 94, Sch 1.83 [1]; 2010 No 19, Sch 2.3.
Sec 4	Rep 1985 No 231, Sch 4 (1). Ins 1999 No 4, Sch 1 [9].
Sec 5	Subst 1999 No 4, Sch 1 [9]. Am 2008 No 23, Sch 3.37.
Sec 5A	Ins 1999 No 4, Sch 1 [9]. Am 2010 No 102, Sch 2.5.
Sec 6	Am 1999 No 4, Sch 1 [10] [11].
Sec 7	Am 1999 No 4, Sch 1 [12].
Sec 8	Am 1999 No 4, Sch 1 [7] [13] [14]; 2007 No 94, Sch 2.
Sec 9	Am 2007 No 94, Sch 2.
Sec 10	Am 2005 No 28, Sch 5.39 [1]; 2007 No 94, Schs 2, 7.
Sec 12	Am 1997 No 58, Sch 2.1 [1]–[4]; 2005 No 28, Sch 5.39 [2]; 2007 No 94, Schs 2, 7.
Sec 14	Am 1999 No 4, Sch 1 [12] [14].
Secs 15, 17	Am 1999 No 4, Sch 1 [15].
Sec 18	Am 1999 No 4, Sch 1 [12] [16] [17].
Sec 19	Am 1999 No 4, Sch 1 [7].
Sec 20	Am 1999 No 4, Sch 1 [12] [14] [18] [19].
Sec 21	Am 1999 No 4, Sch 1 [12] [14] [19]–[22].
Sec 22	Am 1999 No 4, Sch 1 [7] [19].
Sec 23	Am 1999 No 4, Sch 1 [12].
Sec 26	Subst 1999 No 4, Sch 1 [23].
Sec 27	Am 1999 No 4, Sch 1 [12] [14] [18] [20] [24].
Sec 28	Am 1999 No 4, Sch 1 [12].
Sec 29	Subst 1999 No 4, Sch 1 [25].
Sec 30	Am 1999 No 4, Sch 1 [26].
Sec 32	Am 1999 No 4, Sch 1 [27] [28].
Sec 33	Am 1999 No 4, Sch 1 [27].
Sec 35	Am 1985 No 231, Sch 4 (2); 1999 No 4, Sch 1 [12] [18].
Sec 37	Am 1999 No 4, Sch 1 [27].
Sec 38	Am 1985 No 231, Sch 4 (3).
Sec 40	Am 1985 No 231, Sch 4 (4).
Sec 42	Am 2010 No 57, Sch 1.18.
Part 4, heading	Subst 1999 No 4, Sch 1 [29].
Sec 44	Subst 1999 No 4, Sch 1 [30].
Sec 45	Am 1999 No 4, Sch 1 [31]–[33].
Sec 46	Am 1999 No 4, Sch 1 [31] [32].
Sec 47	Am 1999 No 4, Sch 1 [12] [14] [19] [21] [24] [31] [32] [34] [35]; 2002 No 26, Sch 2.9.
Sec 48	Am 1999 No 4, Sch 1 [31] [32].
Sec 49	Am 1999 No 4, Sch 1 [12] [14] [19] [31] [32].
Sec 50	Am 1999 No 4, Sch 1 [12] [14] [21] [31] [32].
Sec 51	Am 1999 No 4, Sch 1 [12] [31] [32] [36]–[38].
Sec 52	Am 1999 No 4, Sch 1 [7] [19] [31] [32] [39].
Sec 53	Am 1999 No 4, Sch 1 [40]–[43].
Sec 56	Am 1999 No 4, Sch 1 [15] [44].
Sec 57	Am 2007 No 94, Sch 2.
Sec 58	Am 1985 No 231, Sch 4 (5); 2005 No 28, Sch 5.39 [3]; 2007 No 94, Schs 1.83 [2], 2.
Sec 59	Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1.
Sec 62	Ins 1999 No 4, Sch 1 [45].