Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) This Part applies to and in relation to every marriage solemnised, whether before or after the commencement of this Part, in a foreign country where:
(a) under the local law, the marriage was, at the time when it was solemnised, recognised as valid; or
(b) if the marriage was solemnised by or in the presence of a diplomatic or consular officer of another foreign country:
(i) under the law of that other foreign country, the marriage was, at the time when it was solemnised, recognised as valid; and
(ii) at the time when it was solemnised, the solemnisation of the marriage was not prohibited by the local law.
(2) Where a marriage (not being a marriage referred to in subsection (1)) that was solemnised, whether before or after the commencement of this Part, in a foreign country:
(a) is, at any time in relation to which the validity of the marriage falls to be determined, recognised as valid under the local law; or
(b) if the marriage was solemnised by or in the presence of a diplomatic or consular officer of another foreign country and, at the time when it was solemnised, the solemnisation of the marriage was not prohibited by the local law--is, at any time in relation to which the validity of the marriage falls to be determined, recognised as valid under the law of that other foreign country;
this Part applies to and in relation to the marriage from and including that time.