Marriage Act 1961

A marriage celebrant must:

conduct himself or herself in accordance with the Code of Practice for marriage celebrants prescribed by regulations made for the purposes of this paragraph; and

undertake all professional development activities required by the Registrar of Marriage Celebrants in accordance with regulations made for the purposes of this paragraph; and

comply with any disciplinary measures taken against the marriage celebrant under section 39I; and

notify the Registrar, in writing, within 30 days of:

a change that results in the details provided by the person to the Registrar no longer being correct; or

the occurrence of an event that might have caused the Registrar not to register the person as a marriage celebrant if the event had occurred before the person was registered; and

disclose that the celebrant is a marriage celebrant, and whether or not the celebrant is a religious marriage celebrant, in any document relating to the performance of services as a marriage celebrant (including advertisements) by the celebrant.

If a marriage celebrant fails to comply with these obligations, the Registrar may take disciplinary measures under section 39I.

For subparagraph (1)(c)(i), a person may notify the Registrar by updating the person’s details using a portal provided by the Registrar.

Without limiting subsection (1), the regulations may require a fee to be paid in respect of an application for an exemption from requirements prescribed by regulations made for the purpose of paragraph (1)(b). The regulations may specify the fee, or provide for the fee to be determined by the Minister by legislative instrument.

The regulations may specify the details that must be notified to the Registrar for the purposes of subparagraph (1)(c)(i).