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s 42A

Commissioner of Australian Federal Police or approved authority may issue special notice

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Part IVSolemnisation of marriages in Australia
Division 2Marriages by authorised celebrants

42A Commissioner of Australian Federal Police or approved authority may issue special notice

(1)

If the Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police or a person who is an approved authority for the purposes of the Witness Protection Act 1994 gives to a Registrar a certificate under section 14 of that Act stating that the person has received the evidence referred to in paragraphs (b) and (c) of that section and the statutory declaration referred to in paragraph (d) of that section, the Registrar:

(a)

if he or she is to solemnise the marriage himself or herself—is to treat the certificate as satisfying the requirements of section 42; or

(b)

in any other case—is to give to the celebrant a notice stating that the celebrant should treat the requirements of section 42 of this Act as having been met.

(2)

The names specified in the certificate are to be used in the marriage certificate.

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