# Marital or relationship status

> act-s507 — as in force on 2026-06-04 — C2026C00232 · Compilation No. 171 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2026C00232/latest/text

507 Marital or relationship status
          (1) The Sex Discrimination Act 1984, to the extent that it applies to the
              status or condition of being the spouse or de facto partner of
              another person, does not operate in relation to:
                (a) regulations, or the making of regulations, that, for the
                    purposes of dealing with an application for a visa, specify:
                      (i) the nature and incidents of the relationship between a
                          person and another person; or
                     (ii) the period for which a relationship of a specified kind
                          must have existed between a person and another person;
                    before the person is taken to be the de facto partner of the
                    other person; or
                (b) the performance of any function, the exercise of any power or
                    the fulfilment of any responsibility, in connection with the
                    administration of any such regulation.








          (2) To avoid doubt, subsection (1) does not prevent the Sex
              Discrimination Act 1984 from applying in relation to the marital or
              relationship status of persons making or administering regulations
              covered by subsection (1).










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