Queensland Consolidated Acts

CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS ACT 2011 - SECT 34

34 Offences

(1) A civil partnership notary commits an offence if—

(a) the notary allows a declaration of civil partnership, or a purported declaration, to be made before the notary; and

(b) the notice required under section 10 (including the statutory declaration and anything else required under that section) for the civil partnership—

(i) has not been given to the notary; or

(ii) was not given to the notary within the period allowed under section 11 (2) .

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment.

(2) A civil partnership notary commits an offence if—

(a) the notary allows a declaration of civil partnership, or a purported declaration, to be made before the notary; and

(b) the notary has reasonable grounds to believe that the civil partnership would be void under section 30 .

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment.

(3) A person commits an offence if—

(a) the person makes a declaration mentioned in section 11 with the intention of entering into a civil partnership with someone else (the
"person’s partner" ); and

(b) the declaration is made before a person (the
"third person" ) who is not a civil partnership notary; and

(c) the person knows the third person is not a civil partnership notary; and

(d) the person has reasonable grounds to believe that the person’s partner believes that the third person is a civil partnership notary.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment.