Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts(1) This Act provides a way for 2 adults who are in a relationship as a couple, regardless of their sex, to have their relationship legally recognised by registration as a civil partnership.
(2) A civil partnership terminates only as provided by division 2.4.
Note Div 2.4 provides for termination by death, marriage, notice by parties or court order.
(3) The 2 parties to a civil partnership are taken, for all purposes under territory law, to be in a domestic partnership.