(1) An application may be made to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for a review of a decision of the Registrar of Marriage Celebrants:
(a) not to register a person as a marriage celebrant; or
(b) to suspend a person's registration as a marriage celebrant; or
(c) to deregister a marriage celebrant (including under section 39FB ) ; or
(d) not to identify a person as a religious marriage celebrant on the register of marriage celebrants; or
(e) to remove the identification of a person as a religious marriage celebrant from the register of marriage celebrants, either for a specified period or permanently.
(2) For the purposes of both the making of an application under subsection ( 1) and the operation of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 in relation to such an application, if:
(a) a person has made application for registration as a marriage celebrant (see subsection 39D(1A)) ; and
(b) at the end of 3 months after the day on which the application was made, the person has not been:
(ii) notified by the Registrar that that person's application has been refused;
the Registrar is taken to have decided, on the last day of the 3 month period, not to register that person as a marriage celebrant.
(2A) For the purposes of both the making of an application under subsection ( 1) and the operation of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 in relation to such an application, if:
(a) a person has given notice under section 39DB or paragraph 39DD(2)(b) (notice requesting to be identified as a religious marriage celebrant); and
(b) at the end of 3 months after the day on which the notice was given, the person has not been:
(i) identified as a religious marriage celebrant on the register of marriage celebrants; or
(ii) notified by the Registrar that the Registrar has decided not to identify the person as a religious marriage celebrant on the register of marriage celebrants;
the Registrar is taken to have decided, on the last day of the 3 month period, not to identify that person as a religious marriage celebrant on the register of marriage celebrants.
(3) The Registrar must take such action as is necessary to give
effect to the Tribunal's decision.