Gender identity definition: 2013 amendment

Schedule 1 Amendments

Part 1 Amendment of the Sex Discrimination Act 1984

de facto partner has the meaning given by the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.

5 Subsection 4(1) (definition of de facto spouse)

Repeal the definition.

6 Subsection 4(1)

Insert:

gender identity means the gender-related identity, appearance or mannerisms or other gender-related characteristics of a person (whether by way of medical intervention or not), with or without regard to the person’s designated sex at birth.

7 Subsection 4(1)

Insert:

intersex status means the status of having physical, hormonal or genetic features that are:

1. neither wholly female nor wholly male; or
2. a combination of female and male; or
3. neither female nor male.

8 Subsection 4(1) (definition of man)

Repeal the definition.

9 Subsection 4(1)

Insert:

marital or relationship status means the status of being any of the following:

1. single;
2. married;
3. married but living separately and apart from his or her spouse;
4. divorced;
5. the de facto partner of another person;
6. the de facto partner of another person but living separately and apart from that other person;

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