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| Name: | Married Persons (Equality of Status) Act 1996 No 96. |
| Country: | Australia - New South Wales |
| Subject(s): | Civil, commercial and family law; Equality of opportunity and treatment |
| Type of legislation: | Law, Act |
| Adopted on: | 1996-11-26 |
| Entry into force: | |
| ISN: | AUS-1996-L-93195 |
| Link: | https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex4.detail?p_isn=93195&p_lang=en |
| Bibliography: | Legislation on-line  NSW Legislation, Australia (consulted on 2013-05-27) |
| 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 (Repealed) 17.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 |