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MARRIAGE ACT 1961 - SECT 39DD

Transitional provisions for existing marriage celebrants

Marriage celebrants who are ministers of religion, but not ministers of religion of a recognised denomination

  (1)   The Registrar of Marriage Celebrants must identify a person as a religious marriage celebrant on the register of marriage celebrants if:

  (a)   the person was registered as a marriage celebrant under Subdivision C of this Division immediately before Part   1 of Schedule   1 to the Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Act 2017 commenced; and

  (b)   the person is a minister of religion.

Marriage celebrants who wish to be religious marriage celebrants on the basis of their religious beliefs

  (2)   The Registrar of Marriage Celebrants must identify a person as a religious marriage celebrant on the register of marriage celebrants if:

  (a)   the person was registered as a marriage celebrant under Subdivision C of this Division immediately before Part   1 of Schedule   1 to the Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Act 2017 commenced; and

  (b)   the person gives the Registrar notice that the person wishes to be identified as a religious marriage celebrant on the register:

  (i)   in writing; and

  (ii)   in a form approved by the Registrar; and

  (iii)   within 90 days after Part   1 of Schedule   1 to the Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Act 2017 commences; and

  (c)   the choice is based on the person's religious beliefs.


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