Civil Partnerships Act 2011

A person may apply to the registrar to be registered as a civil partnership notary.

The application must be—

in the approved form; and

accompanied by the application fee prescribed by regulation.

The approved form may require specified information or documents about the applicant’s relevant criminal history to be included in, attached to or given with the form.

The approved form may require the form, or information or documents included in, attached to or given with the form, to be verified by a statutory declaration.

On application by a person under this section, the registrar may register the applicant if satisfied that—

the applicant—

is an adult; and

is appropriately qualified to exercise the functions of a civil partnership notary; and

is a suitable person to be registered as a civil partnership notary; or

the applicant is registered as a marriage celebrant under the Marriage Act 1961 (Cwlth).

In deciding under subsection (5)(a)(iii) whether a person is a suitable person to be registered as a civil partnership notary—

the registrar must have regard to the relevant criminal history of the person; and

the registrar may have regard to anything else the registrar considers relevant.

If the registrar is not satisfied under subsection (5), the registrar must refuse to register the applicant.

In this section—

any offence against a law of the State, another State or the Commonwealth that is punishable by imprisonment for 1 year or more; or

any offence against this Act.