Civil Unions Act 2012

A civil union celebrant commits an offence if—

the celebrant allows a civil union, or purported civil union, to be entered into before the celebrant; and

the notice required under section 8 (including the statement and anything else required under that section) for the civil union—

has not been given to the celebrant; or

was not given to the celebrant within the period allowed by section 9 (3).

A civil union celebrant commits an offence if the celebrant—

allows a civil union, or purported civil union, to be entered into before the celebrant; and

has reasonable grounds to believe that the civil union would be void under section 21.

A person commits an offence if the person—

is not registered as a civil union celebrant; and

knows he or she is not registered as a civil union celebrant; and

performs a function of a civil union celebrant under this Act.

A person commits an offence if—

the person makes a declaration mentioned in section 9 with the intention of entering into a civil union with someone else (the person’s partner); and

the declaration is made before a person (the celebrant) who is not a civil union celebrant; and

the person knows the celebrant is not a civil union celebrant; and

the person has reasonable grounds to believe that the person’s partner believes that the celebrant is a civil union celebrant.

The Criminal Code includes offences for giving false or misleading information etc to a person exercising a function under a territory law (see pt 3.4 (False or misleading statements, information and documents)).