Australian Capital Territory Current Acts Australian Capital Territory Current Acts(1) A civil union celebrant commits an offence if—
(a) the celebrant allows a civil union, or purported civil union, to be entered into before the celebrant; and
(b) the notice required under section 8 (including the statement and anything else required under that section) for the civil union—
(i) has not been given to the celebrant; or
(ii) was not given to the celebrant within the period allowed by section 9 (3).
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both.
(2) A civil union celebrant commits an offence if the celebrant—
(a) allows a civil union, or purported civil union, to be entered into before the celebrant; and
(b) has reasonable grounds to believe that the civil union would be void under section 21.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both.
(3) A person commits an offence if the person—
(a) is not registered as a civil union celebrant; and
(b) knows he or she is not registered as a civil union celebrant; and
(c) performs a function of a civil union celebrant under this Act.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both.
(4) A person commits an offence if—
(a) the person makes a declaration mentioned in section 9 with the intention of entering into a civil union with someone else (the person's partner ); and
(b) the declaration is made before a person (the celebrant ) who is not a civil union celebrant; and
(c) the person knows the celebrant is not a civil union celebrant; and
(d) the person has reasonable grounds to believe that the person's partner believes that the celebrant is a civil union celebrant.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both.
Note The Criminal Code
includes offences for giving false or misleading information etc to a person exercising a function under a territory law (see pt 3.4 (False or misleading statements, information and documents)).