In section 2, definition of adoptive parent, replace “a husband and wife” with “a married couple”.

In section 2, definition of adoptive parent, replace “the husband and wife” with “the spouses”.

In section 7(2)(b), replace “a husband or a wife” with “spouse”.

In section 16(2)(a), replace “husband” with “spouse”.

In section 16(2)(i), replace “husband” with “spouse”.

Repeal section 30(2).

In section 55(1)(a)(ii), replace “the husband, the wife” with “each spouse”.

In section 55(2)(a), replace “the husband and wife” with “each spouse”.

In section 55(2)(a)(ii), replace “the husband, the wife,” with “each spouse”.

In section 55(3)(a)(ii), replace “the husband, the wife” with “each spouse”.

In section 83(2), delete “30(2),”.

In section 47(3)(a), replace “husband and wife” with “married couple”.

In section 24(3), replace “husband” with “spouse”.

In section 366(2), replace “his wife or her husband” with “his or her husband or wife”.

In section 2, definition of child of the marriage, replace paragraph (a) with:

In section 24(1)(a), replace “husband and the wife” with “married couple”.

In section 24(1)(a), replace “husband and wife” with “a married couple”.

In section 24(2), replace “the husband or wife” with “either spouse”.

In section 64A(4), replace “the husband and wife” with “the spouses or partners”.

In section 94, replace “husband and the wife” with “married couple”.

In section 2, definition of husband and wife, after “this Act”, insert “; and every reference in this Act to a husband and wife must be taken to include any 2 people (of any sex) who are married”.

In Schedule 2, rule 6.4(1)(a), replace “husband and wife” with “a married couple”.

In section 89E(g), after “husband and wife”, insert “(as defined in that Act)”.

In section 30(2), replace “husband and wife” with “spouses”.

In section 1C(2), replace “marriage between the husband and wife or the civil union between the civil union partners or the de facto relationship between the de facto partners” with “marriage, civil union, or de facto relationship”.

In section 1G, replace “a husband and wife or civil union partners or de facto partners” with “spouses, civil union partners, and de facto partners”.

In section 1K, replace “a husband and wife” with “spouses”.

In section 1M(b), replace “husband and wife” with “both spouses”.

In section 2A(2), replace “a husband and wife” with “2 people”.

In section 2A(2)(a), replace “as husband and wife” with “as a married couple”.

In section 2B, replace “the husband (A) and the wife (B)” with “the 2 spouses (A and B)”.

In section 2BA(a), replace “the husband and the wife” with “the spouses”.

Replace section 2E(1)(a) with:

Repeal section 2E(1)(ab).

In section 2E(2), delete “, (ab)(i),”.

In section 2E(2), replace “husband and wife” with “a married couple”.

In section 4(3)(b), replace “husband and wife” with “spouses”.

In section 8(1)(c), replace “husband and the wife” with “married couple”.

In section 9(4)(a), replace “husband and wife” with “a married couple”.

In section 21(1), replace “A husband and wife” with “Spouses”.

In section 21A(1), replace “A husband and wife” with “Spouses”.

In section 25(2)(a)(i), replace “husband and wife” with “spouses”.

In section 52A(3), replace “husband and wife” with “a married couple”.

In section 63(b), replace “husband and wife any man and woman” with “married any 2 people”.

In section 151(1), replace “husband and wife” with “married”.

In section 14(1), definition of partner, replace “husband” with “spouse” in each place.

In section 67(5), replace “his wife or her husband” with “his or her husband or wife”.

In section 296(3), replace “husband and wife” with “married couple”.

In regulation 5, replace “wife or widow” with “spouse or surviving spouse”.