S.L. 530.1 Art. 3List of unions of equivalentstatusto civil unions.

The list shown in the Schedule contains those civil unions which, in the opinion of the Minister, are unions of equivalent status to civil unions as provided for in the Act.

SCHEDULE

(Regulation 3)

Unions of Equivalent Status

Country Legal Reference Original Law Title Name - Jurisdiction (Title in English) ‘Original’ Andorra Llei 4 del 21 de Llei Qualificada de les ‘unió febrer 2005 UnionsEstablesdeParella stable 2005

(Qualified Stable Union of Couples Law 2005)

Llei 34 del 27 de ‘unió novembre 2014 Llei Qualificada de Les Unions Civils I De Modificació de la Llei Qualificada del Matrimoni, de 30 de juny de 1995

(Qualified Law of Civil Unions and Of Modification of the Qualified Law of Marriage of 30 June, 1995) Ley 26.994 de 2014 Cógido Civil y Comercial ‘unión civil’ / civil union de La Nacion

(Civil and Commercial Code of Argentina) Ley 1.004 de 2002 Ley Reconócense las ‘unión civil’ / of Buenos civil union Uniones Civiles en la

Cuidad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Créase el Registro Público al Efecto

(Law Recognising Civil Unions in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Creating the Public Registry for the Effect) of Rio Ordenanza 279 de Ley de Unión Civil para ‘unión civil’ / civil union 2009 parejas del mismo sexo

(Civil Union Law for same-sex couples) of Rio Ley 3736 de 2002 Ley de Convivencia ‘unión civil’ / civil union Homosexual

(Homosexual Cohabitation Law) Art. 55 Cárta Orgánica de la ‘unión civil’ / of Villa civil union Municipalidad de Villa Paz Carlos Paz

(Organic Charter of the Municipality of Villa Carlos Paz)

A2012-40 amended Civil Unions Act 2012 ‘civil union’ Australian to A2017-5

Territory A1994-28 Domestic Relationships ‘domestic relationship’ Act 1994 South Act 19 of 2010 RelationshipsRegisterAct ‘registered partnership’ 2010

S.L. 25 of 2018 Civil Partnerships and ‘civil partnership’ Queensland Other Legislation Amendment Regulation 2018 Act 67 of 2016 RelationshipsRegisterAct ‘registered partnership’ Australia 2016 Act No. 44 of 2003 Relationships Act 2003 ‘significant relationship’ Tasmania - Victoria Act No. 12 of 2008 Relationships Act 2008 ‘registered relationship’ Austria BGBI. No. 135/2009 Eingetragene ‘eingetragene Partnerschaft-Gesetz Partnerschaft’

(EPG) partnership

(Registered Partnership Act) Brazil Lei 9.278 de 1996 Constituição Federal ‘união union (Federal Constitution) Canada

S.A. 2002, c. A-4.5 Adult ‘adult - Alberta Interdependent relationship’ Relationships Act

S.M. 2002, c. 48 Common-Law Partners' ‘common-law - Manitoba Property and Related Statutes Amendment Act (English); ‘union L.M. 2002, c. 48 Loi sur les Biens des Conjoints de fait et Modifications Connexes (French) S.N.S. 2000, c. 29 Law Reform (2000) Act ‘domestic - Nova Scotia

S.Q. 2002, c. 6 An Act instituting Civil ‘civil - Quebec Unions and Establishing new rules of Filiation (English); L.Q. 2002, c. 6 ‘union Loi Instituant l’Union Civile et Établissant de Nouvelles Règles de Filiation (French) Colombia Ley 54 de 1990 Law 54 of 1990 of ‘unión December 28 union

C-029 of 2009 Constitutional Court Decision C-029 of 2009 Chile Ley 20.830 de 2015 Acuerdo de Unión Civil ‘unión

(Civil Union Agreement) Croatia NN 92/14 Zakon o životnom ‘životno partnerstvu osoba istog partnership spola

(Same-Sex Life Partnership Act) Law 184(I)/2015 Ο περί Πολιτικής ‘πολιτική συμβίωση’ / civil Συμβίωσης Νόμος του partnership 2015

(Civil Partnership Law of 2015) Zákon č. 115/2006 Zákon o Registrovaném ‘registrované mpartnertsví’ Partnerství a o Změně / registered partnership Některých Souvisejících Zákonů

(The Registered Partnership Act and the Amendment of Certain Related Acts) Lov nr. 372 af 07/06/ Lov om Registreret ‘registreret partnerskab’ / 1989 Partnerskab registered partnership

(Registered Partnership Act)

*repealed but applies to partnerships registered before 15 June 2012 Anordningnr.320af Anordning om ‘registreret partnerskab’ Greenland