Other legal rights
Those personal relationships which are recognised under Tasmanian law have virtually the same rights as married couples in state law.
These rights extend across all areas of state law and include wills, property division, guardianship, health care, statutory compensation schemes, state taxes, fees and licenses, and state superannuation and pension schemes.
Unfortunately there remain many areas of federal law in which there is no recognition for same-sex couples. These include federal public service superannuation schemes, veterans entitlements, Medicare and access to the Family Court. A comprehensive list of areas of federal law in which there is still discrimination can be found at…
A comprehensive list of all Tasmanian laws which give equal entitlements to same and mixed-sex, and caring couples is included below
The only caveat is in the area of parenting.
Only people in registered significant relationships have parenting rights and these rights difference between mixed-sex and same-sex couples.
For more on this see Parenting.
The following Tasmanian statutes have been amended to give relationship rights to people in significant and caring relationships. This gives these relationships the same or similar legal status traditionally given to marriage.
Administration and Probate Act 1935
Adoption Act 1988
Alcohol and Drug Dependency Act 1968
Ambulance Service Act 1982
Anatomy Act 1964
Anti-Discrimination Act 1998
Auctioneers and Real Estate Agents Act 1991
Beauty Point Landslip Act 1970
Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Regulations 2000
Burial and Cremation (Cremation) Regulations 2002
Child Care Act 2001
Children, Young Persons and Their Families Act 1997
Closer Settlement Act 1957
Constitution Act 1934
Cooperatives Act 1999
Cooperatives Regulations 2000
Coroners Act 1995
Corrections Act 1997
Criminal Code Act 1924
Criminal Justice (Mental Impairment) Act 1999
Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1973
Duties Act 2001
Environmental Management and Pollution Control Act 1994
Evidence Act 2001
Fatal Accidents Act 1934
First Home Owner Grant Act 2000
Forest Practices Act 1985
Gaming Control Act 1993
Government Business Enterprises Act 1995
Governor of Tasmania Act 1982
Guardianship and Administration Act 1995
HIV/AIDS Preventive Measures Act 1993
Homes Act 1935
Human Tissue Act 1985
Industrial Relations Act 1984
Judges' Contributory Pensions Act 1968
Landlord and Tenant Act 1935
Land Tax Act 2000
Lawrence Vale Landslip Act 1961
Legal Aid Commission Act 1990
Local Government (Rates and Charges Remissions) Act 1991
Mental Health Act 1996
Motor Accidents (Liabilities and Compensation) Regulations 2000
National Parks and Reserves Management Act 2002
Natural Resource Management Act 2002
Parliamentary (Disclosure of Interests) Act 1996
Parliamentary Salaries, Superannuation and Allowances Act 1973
Partnership Act 1891
Pensioners (Heating Allowances) Act 1971
Perpetuities and Accumulations Act 1992
Private Forests Act 1994
Public Trustee Act 1930
Retirement Benefits Act 1993
Retirement Benefits Regulations 1994
Retirement Benefits (Parliamentary Superannuation) Regulations 2002
Rural Adjustment Act 1995
Solicitor-General Act 1983
State Service Regulations 2001
Status of Children Act 1974
Substandard Housing Control Act 1973
Supreme Court Act 1887
Supreme Court Act 1959
Tasmanian Development Act 1983
Tasmanian Development Regulations 2002
Testator's Family Maintenance Act 1912
Timber Promotion Act 1970
Trustee Act 1898
Vocational Education and Training Act 1994
War Service Land Settlement Act 1950
Wills Act 1992
Witness Protection Act 2000
Workers' (Occupational Diseases) Relief Fund Act 1954
Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988