Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Subject to this section, where the person by whom a marriage is to be solemnised considers that it is desirable to do so, the person may use the services of an interpreter, not being a party to the marriage, in or in connexion with the ceremony.
(2) A person shall not solemnise a marriage in or in connexion with the ceremony of which the services of an interpreter are used unless the person has received a statutory declaration by the interpreter stating that the interpreter understands, and is able to converse in, the languages in respect of which he or she is to act as interpreter.
(3) A person who has acted as interpreter in or in connexion with a ceremony of marriage shall, forthwith after the ceremony has taken place, furnish to the person solemnising the marriage a certificate signed by the first - mentioned person of the faithful performance of the first - mentioned person's services as interpreter.
(4) This section applies in relation to marriages to which Division 2 of Part IV applies and marriages under Part V.