Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

MARRIAGE REGULATIONS 1963 - REG 42A

         (1)   For subsection 50 (1A) of the Act, an authorized celebrant holding, or acting in, an office of a State or Territory mentioned in an item in Schedule 3 is required to prepare only 1 official certificate under paragraph 50 (1) (b) of the Act.

         (2)   If the authorized celebrant:

                (a)    is an authorized celebrant under subsection 39  (1) of the Act; and

               (b)    solemnizes a marriage; and

                (c)    is required by a law of the State or Territory where the marriage is solemnized to do anything for the purpose of binding the retained official certificate of the marriage into a register or for the disposal of the retained official certificate in some other manner;

he or she must deal with the retained official certificate as required by that law.

         (3)   If the authorized celebrant:

                (a)    is an authorized celebrant under subsection 39  (2) of the Act; and

               (b)    solemnizes a marriage;

he or she must send to the appropriate registering authority of the State or Territory where the marriage is solemnized the official marriage certificate prepared by him or her, or deal with the certificate as directed by the registering authority.

         (4)   For subregulation (3), the appropriate registering authority of a State or Territory is the registering authority mentioned in column 3 of the item in Schedule 2 relating to that State or Territory.