In July 2004, the City of Sydney Council, led by Lord Mayor Clover Moore, introduced a re-working of the former South Sydney Council's Partnership Registration scheme, renaming it the City of Sydney Relationship Declaration Program. The Program is open to same-sex and opposite-sex couples. It provides some limited legal relationship recognition, in that participating couples may produce their Declaration as partial evidence of the existence of their relationship in certain circumstances. It does not confer the same legal rights as marriage. Legal considerations for potential applicants are outlined in both the information pack accompanying the application form and in Council Minutes (Item 3A, 28 July 2004). Public Repute Test The Relationships Declaration may be used as contributory evidence towards satisfying the Public Repute Test. Solicitor Gerard Gooden states that to satisfy this test, evidence needs to be submitted that shows that the de facto couple had held themselves out to be in such a relationship in public. Mr Gooden is a family law solicitor with extensive experience in law involving de facto relationships, including same sex relationships. In an combined presentation to the MAG (Mature Age Gays association) he states that the De Facto Relationships Act applies "eleven tests to determine the legal validity of a de facto relationship" and that "gay men, can typically only satisfy four of these eleven criteria." One of these is the Public Respute test. In Lord Mayor Clover Moore's minute (Item 3A) on 28 July 2004 information provided by Mr Gooden and Mr Martin Gorrick states that this Declaration may provide "probative (but not conclusive) evidence of the existence of the de facto relationship". An excerpt from this minute states: "A couple who makes their declaration publicly (ie in front of family and/or friends) may provide evidence relating to "the reputation and public aspects of the relationship" (see s4 (2) (i).) Identification You can use the Relationships Declaration at banks and other financial institutions to prove your identity. It is worth 25 points which gives it the same number of points as an Australian Marriage Certificate. Financial institutions use AUSTRAC's 100 point ID system. According to this system, customers have to show various forms of ID to make up the 100 points, in order to be able to prove their identity. This means you have to present your Relationships Declaration (25 points) along with other forms of ID such as your passport or Medicare