s 2A
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Part IPreliminary
2A Objects of this Act
It is an object of this Act to create a legal framework:
(a)
to allow civil celebrants to solemnise marriage, understood as the union of 2 people to the exclusion of all others, voluntarily entered into for life; and
(b)
to allow ministers of religion to solemnise marriage, respecting the doctrines, tenets and beliefs of their religion, the views of their religious community or their own religious beliefs; and
(c)
to allow equal access to marriage while protecting religious freedom in relation to marriage.
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