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This is a Bill, not an Act. For current law, see the Acts databases.
2013-2014
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Marriage (Celebrant Registration
Charge) Bill 2014
No. , 2014
(Attorney-General)
A Bill for an Act to impose celebrant registration
charge, and for related purposes
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Contents
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Short title ........................................................................................... 1
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Commencement ................................................................................. 1
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Object of Act ...................................................................................... 2
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External Territories ............................................................................ 2
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Definitions ......................................................................................... 3
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Imposition of celebrant registration charge ....................................... 3
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Amount of charge .............................................................................. 3
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The statutory limit .............................................................................. 3
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A Bill for an Act to impose celebrant registration
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charge, and for related purposes
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The Parliament of Australia enacts:
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1 Short title
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This Act may be cited as the Marriage (Celebrant Registration
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Charge) Act 2014.
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2 Commencement
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(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table
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commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with
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column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect
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according to its terms.
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Section 3
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Commencement information
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Provision(s)
Commencement
Date/Details
1. Sections 1 and
2 and anything in
this Act not
elsewhere covered
by this table
The day this Act receives the Royal Assent.
2. Sections 3 to 8
At the same time as Part 1 of Schedule 1 to
the Marriage Amendment (Celebrant
Administration and Fees) Act 2014
commences.
Note:
This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally
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enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of
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this Act.
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(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act.
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Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it
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may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
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3 Object of Act
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The object of this Act is to impose a charge for the purpose of
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funding the administration by the Commonwealth of Subdivision C
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of Division 1 of Part IV of the Marriage Act 1961, and the
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provision by the Commonwealth of services to people registered
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(or seeking to become registered) as marriage celebrants under that
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Subdivision.
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4 External Territories
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This Act extends to the following Territories:
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(a) Norfolk Island;
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(b) the Territory of Christmas Island;
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(c) the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands.
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Section 5
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5 Definitions
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In this Act:
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index number, in relation to a quarter, means the All Groups
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Consumer Price Index number, being the weighted average of the 8
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capital cities, published by the Australian Statistician in respect of
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that quarter.
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statutory limit: see section 8.
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6 Imposition of celebrant registration charge
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Celebrant registration charge that a person is liable to pay in
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respect of a financial year in accordance with section 39FA of the
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Marriage Act 1961 is imposed.
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7 Amount of charge
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(1) The amount of celebrant registration charge payable by a person in
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respect of a financial year is the amount determined by the
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Minister by legislative instrument. The amount determined must
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not exceed the statutory limit for the financial year.
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(2) For people who become marriage celebrants later than 1 July in a
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financial year, a determination under subsection (1) may provide
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that different amounts of celebrant registration charge are payable
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in respect of that year according to when, in the year, they become
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marriage celebrants.
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8 The statutory limit
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(1) The statutory limit is:
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(a) for the financial year commencing on 1 July 2014--$600; or
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(b) for a later financial year:
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(i) unless subparagraph (ii) applies--the amount calculated
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by multiplying the statutory limit for the previous
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financial year by the indexation factor for the later
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financial year; or
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(ii) if the indexation factor for the later financial year is 1 or
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less--the same amount as the statutory limit for the
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previous financial year.
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(2) The indexation factor for a financial year is the number worked out
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by dividing the index number for the March quarter immediately
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preceding that financial year by the index number for the March
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quarter immediately preceding that first-mentioned March quarter.
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(3) The indexation factor for a financial year is to be worked out to 3
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decimal places (rounding up if the fourth decimal place is 5 or
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more).
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(4) In working out the indexation factor for a financial year:
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(a) use only the index numbers published in terms of the most
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recently published index reference period for the Consumer
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Price Index; and
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(b) disregard index numbers published in substitution for
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previously published index numbers (except where the
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substituted numbers are published to take account of changes
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in the index reference period).
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