Civil Unions Act 2012

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This Act was repealed by Marriage Equality (Same Sex) Act 2013 A2013-39 s 51 on 7 November 2013. The High Court held that Act to be of no effect (see Commonwealth v Australian Capital Territory [2013] HCA 55).

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Effective	Files/Formats	Version	Published	Notes
16 November 2025	HTML PDF Word	R8	16 November 2025	Republication for amendments by A2025-29

Legislative instruments under the Act and its subordinate laws

Name	Status	Classifier	Type	Under	Effective	Year and No
Attorney General (Fees) Amendment Determination 2012 (No 4)(Repealed)	Repealed	Fee	Disallowable instruments	s 28	11 September 2012 - 12 September 2012	DI2012-215
Civil Unions (Fees) Determination 2013(Repealed)	Repealed	Fee	Disallowable instruments	s 28	1 July 2013 - 30 June 2014	DI2013-104
Attorney General (Fees) Revocation 2013(Repealed)	Repealed		Disallowable instruments	s 28	1 July 2013 - 12 September 2013	DI2013-132
Civil Unions (Fees) Determination 2014(Repealed)	Repealed	Fee	Disallowable instruments	s 28	1 July 2014 - 30 June 2015	DI2014-111
Civil Unions (Fees) Determination 2015(Repealed)	Repealed	Fee	Disallowable instruments	s 28	1 July 2015 - 30 June 2016	DI2015-143
Civil Unions (Fees) Determination 2016(Repealed)	Repealed	Fee	Disallowable instruments	s 28	1 July 2016 - 30 June 2017	DI2016-95
Civil Unions (Fees) Determination 2017	None	Fee	Disallowable instruments	s 28	1 July 2017	DI2017-70

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Effective	Files/Formats	Version	Published	Notes
16 November 2025	HTML PDF Word	R8	16 November 2025	Republication for amendments by A2025-29
2 March 2017 - 15 November 2025	HTML PDF Word	R7	2 March 2017	Republication for amendments by A2017-5
27 April 2016 - 1 March 2017	HTML PDF Word	R6	27 April 2016	Republication for amendments by A2016-18
9 December 2015 - 26 April 2016	HTML PDF Word	R5	9 December 2015	Republication for amendments by A2015-50
7 November 2013 - 8 December 2015	HTML PDF Word	R4	24 February 2014	Repeal by A2013-39 of no effect (see High Court decision Commonwealth v Australian Capital Territory [2013] HCA 55)
12 September 2013 - 6 November 2013	HTML PDF Word	R3	12 September 2013	Republication for expiry of transitional provisions (pt 6)
12 September 2012 - 11 September 2013	HTML PDF Word	R2	12 September 2012	Republication for expiry of provision (s 31)
11 September 2012 - 11 September 2012	HTML PDF Word	R1	11 September 2012	Republication for new Act
11 September 2012	HTML PDF Word	As notified	4 September 2012

The bill and explanatory statement for this Act are accessed from Civil Unions Bill 2011.

The Civil Unions Act 2012 has been passed by the Legislative Assembly and is notified under the Legislation Act 2001.

Notified: 4 September 2012 (Parliamentary Counsel)

Date notified	Effective	Files/Formats	Notes
4 September 2012	11 September 2012	HTML PDF Word

Provision	Commencement date	Commencement method
s 1, s 2	4 September 2012	LA s 75 (1)
remainder	11 September 2012	s 2

Provision	Expiry date	Expiry method
pt 6	11 September 2013 (midnight)	s 109
s 31	11 September 2012 (midnight)	s 31 (4)

For section-by-section amendment annotations, see the amendment history in the endnotes in the current version of this law.

Year and number	Amending law	Amending provision	Commencement date
A2017-5	Justice and Community Safety Legislation Amendment Act 2017	sch 1 pt 1.1	2 March 2017
A2016-18	Red Tape Reduction Legislation Amendment Act 2016	sch 3 pt 3.13	27 April 2016
A2015-50	Statute Law Amendment Act 2015 (No 2)	sch 3 pt 3.6	9 December 2015
A2025-29	Statute Law Amendment Act 2025	sch 3 pt 3.17, sch 4 pt 4.30	16 November 2025