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AUS-1996-L-93195
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Title_of_text
Married Persons (Equality of Status) Act 1996 No 96.
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Australia
Territorial subdivision(s)
New South Wales
Subjects (Classification)
Equality of opportunity and treatment; Civil, commercial and family law
Adopted on (Date of text)
1996-11-26
Scope of text
Non-Metropolitan Territories
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Repeals the Married Persons (Property and Torts) Act 1901 No 45.
PART 1 - Preliminary
1. Name of Act
2. Commencement
3. Notes
PART 2 - Equality of status
Division 1: General rule
4. Spouses have legal capacity as if they were not married
Division 2: Specific examples
5. Spouses can sue each other in tort
6. Criminal and civil action in respect of spouse¿s property
7. Married person has no authority to act as agent of necessity
8. Married person not liable for debts of spouse incurred before marriage
9. Spouses as beneficiaries
10. Instruments restricting anticipation or alienation are void
11. Effect of Division
Division 3: Other matters
12. Housekeeping payments and allowances held as joint tenants
13. Fraudulent investment of spouse¿s money
PART 3 - Miscellaneous
14. Regulations
15. Repeals
16. (Repealed)
17. Savings and transitional provisions
18. Review of Act
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line
Author
NSW Legislation
Country
Australia
URL
http://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au