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MARRIAGE (CELEBRANT REGISTRATION CHARGE) BILL 2014

 

 

 

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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Marriage (Celebrant Registration Charge) Bill 2014 

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Contents 

Short title ........................................................................................... 1

 

Commencement ................................................................................. 1

 

Object of Act ...................................................................................... 2

 

External Territories ............................................................................ 2

 

Definitions ......................................................................................... 3

 

Imposition of celebrant registration charge ....................................... 3

 

Amount of charge .............................................................................. 3

 

The statutory limit .............................................................................. 3

 

 

 

 

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A Bill for an Act to impose celebrant registration 

charge, and for related purposes 

The Parliament of Australia enacts: 

1  Short title 

 

  This Act may be cited as the Marriage (Celebrant Registration 

Charge) Act 2014. 

2  Commencement 

 

(1)  Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table 

commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with 

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 

enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of 

this Act. 

 

(2)  Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. 

Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it 

may be edited, in any published version of this Act. 

3  Object of Act 

 

  The object of this Act is to impose a charge for the purpose of 

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 

 

  In this Act: 

index number, in relation to a quarter, means the All Groups 

Consumer Price Index number, being the weighted average of the 8 

capital cities, published by the Australian Statistician in respect of 

that quarter. 

statutory limit: see section 8. 

6  Imposition of celebrant registration charge 

 

  Celebrant registration charge that a person is liable to pay in 

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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Section 8 

 

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(ii)  if the indexation factor for the later financial year is 1 or 

less--the same amount as the statutory limit for the 

previous financial year. 

 

(2)  The indexation factor for a financial year is the number worked out 

by dividing the index number for the March quarter immediately 

preceding that financial year by the index number for the March 

quarter immediately preceding that first-mentioned March quarter. 

 

(3)  The indexation factor for a financial year is to be worked out to 3 

decimal places (rounding up if the fourth decimal place is 5 or 

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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