Offences
34 Offences
A civil partnership notary commits an offence if—
the notary allows a declaration of civil partnership, or a purported declaration, to be made before the notary; and
the notice required under section 10 (including the statutory declaration and anything else required under that section) for the civil partnership—
has not been given to the notary; or
was not given to the notary within the period allowed under section 11(2).
Maximum penalty—50 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment.
A civil partnership notary commits an offence if—
the notary allows a declaration of civil partnership, or a purported declaration, to be made before the notary; and
the notary has reasonable grounds to believe that the civil partnership would be void under section 30.
Maximum penalty—50 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment.
A person commits an offence if—
the person makes a declaration mentioned in section 11 with the intention of entering into a civil partnership with someone else (the person’s partner); and
the declaration is made before a person (the third person) who is not a civil partnership notary; and
the person knows the third person is not a civil partnership notary; and
the person has reasonable grounds to believe that the person’s partner believes that the third person is a civil partnership notary.
Maximum penalty—50 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment.
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