Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

MARRIAGE REGULATIONS 1963 - REG 38

         (1)   For subsection 42 (2) of the Act, a notice of intended marriage must be in accordance with Form 13.

         (2)   An authorized celebrant to whom a notice of intended marriage is given must endorse on the notice the date when it was received.

         (3)   An authorized celebrant who solemnizes a marriage must endorse on the notice of intended marriage the following information:

                (a)    the date when, and the place where, the marriage was solemnized;

               (b)    the kind of document, in respect of each party to the marriage, that was given to the authorized celebrant as required by paragraph 42 (1) (b) of the Act;

                (c)    if a party to the marriage was a minor -- that a consent under paragraph 13 (1) (a) of the Act, or a dispensation of consent under paragraph 13 (1) (b) of the Act, was given to the authorized celebrant;

               (d)    if a party to the marriage was previously married -- that evidence of the dissolution or annulment of the previous marriage, or of the death of the party's previous spouse, was given to the authorized celebrant;

                (e)    if the notice was received later than 1 month before the date of the marriage -- that an authority to solemnize the marriage, given by a prescribed authority under subsection 42 (5) of the Act, was given to the authorized celebrant.

Penalty:   1 penalty unit.