Key info
- If you registered your caring or significant relationship in Tasmania and it has broken down, you can formally cancel the registration with Births, Deaths and Marriages.
- You do not need to formally cancel your relationship if your partner gets married or dies.
- It takes about 90 days after application for the relationship to be cancelled.
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About applying to revoke a deed of relationship
If you want to apply to cancel a caring or significant relationship, you need to complete an application with Births, Deaths and Marriages.
Both parties need to sign the form. If you are unable to get the other party to sign, please contact Births, Deaths and Marriages.
If your relationship is registered interstate or overseas, please visit Births, Deaths and Marriages for information on other Australian and overseas registries.
How to apply
| In Person | Post | |
|---|---|---|
| bdm@justice.tas.gov.au | By appointment at the Births, Deaths and Marriages office on 1300 135 513 | Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages 30 Gordons Hill Road ROSNY PARK TAS 7018 |
Please note: You can drop off application forms at BDM between 9am and 5pm at their postal address (reception). An appointment is not required to drop forms off.
What you need to apply
You need the following for the application form (PDF, 470KB):
- personal details and signatures of both people
- proof of identity documents for both people
- payment for the fee.
Can I apply?
To apply to cancel or revoke a deed of relationship, the 2 people in the relationship must be the applicants.
If only one party is applying to revoke a deed of relationship as you are unable to get the other party to sign, please contact Births, Deaths and Marriages.
Proving your identity
There are 2 ways you can prove your identity:
- show your original identity documents at the Births, Deaths and Marriages office, or
- send certified copies (no more than 6 months old) of your identity documents by post or email.
You must provide one of these combinations of current documents:
- One document from category 1, 2 and 3
- Two documents from category 2 and one from category 1 or 3
- Two documents from category 3 and one from category 1 or 2.
At least one document must show your current address.
- An Australian birth certificate
- Citizenship certificate
- Immicard
- New Zealand citizenship certificate together with passport
- New Zealand birth certificate.
- Australian driver licence
- Australian passport
- Firearms licence
- Foreign passport
- Proof of age card
- Working with vulnerable people card.
- Medicare card
- Australian marriage certificate (issued from Births Deaths and Marriages office)
- Centrelink or Department of Veteran Affairs card
- Security or crowd control licence
- Tertiary education institution ID card
- Credit card or bank statement
- Recent utility account with current residential address (issued within last 3 months)
- Aurora+ phone application (name and address details must match the applicant's and be visible when sighted at a service centre. Must not be a screenshot)
- Lease or rent agreement with current address
- Australian Taxation Office assessment with current address.
If you have changed your name, please provide proof (from the list below) of each name change. This is so we can link your current name to the name recorded on the birth record.
Please provide one of these documents:
- name change certificate(s) issued by Births Deaths and Marriages
- marriage certificate(s) issued by Births Deaths and Marriages
- divorce paper issued by court (showing previous name)
- statutory declaration (if changed by common usage)
- relationship certificate issued by Births Deaths and Marriages.
How much it costs
| Type of registration | Description | Cost |
|---|---|---|
Revoke a deed of relationship | Application for the cancellation of a deed of relationship. This does not include a certificate. | $95.50 |
Fees and charges last updated 1 July, 2025.
Payment options
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More Information
- You do not get a certificate when a deed of relationship has been revoked. If you wish to receive an official certificate, this can be ordered once you have received acknowledgement the revocation has been finalised.
Please visit Births, Deaths and Marriages for more information on applying to revoke a deed of relationship.