(1) The Registrar of Marriage Celebrants may only take disciplinary measures against a marriage celebrant if the Registrar:
(a) is satisfied that the marriage celebrant is no longer entitled to be registered as a marriage celebrant; or
(aa) is satisfied that the marriage celebrant is no longer entitled to be identified as a religious marriage celebrant on the register of marriage celebrants; or
(b) is satisfied that the marriage celebrant has not complied with an obligation under section 39G; or
(c) has determined in writing under section 39H that the marriage celebrant's performance in respect of a period was not satisfactory; or
(d) is satisfied that it is appropriate to take disciplinary measures against the marriage celebrant after considering a complaint in accordance with the complaints resolution procedures established under paragraph 39K(c); or
(e) is satisfied that the marriage celebrant's application for registration was known by the marriage celebrant to be false or misleading in a material particular ; or
(f) is satisfied that the marriage celebrant's notice under section 39DB or paragraph 39DD(2)(b) (notice requesting to be identified as a religious marriage celebrant) was known by the marriage celebrant to be false or misleading in a material particular.
(2) The only disciplinary measures that the Registrar may take against a marriage celebrant are to:
(a) caution the marriage celebrant in writing; or
(b) in accordance with regulations made for the purposes of this paragraph, require the marriage celebrant to undertake professional development activities determined in writing by the Registrar; or
(c) suspend the marriage celebrant's registration for a period (the suspension period ) of up to 6 months by annotating the register of marriage celebrants to include:
(i) a statement that the registration is suspended; and
(ii) the dates of the start and end of the suspension period; or
(d) deregister the marriage celebrant by removing his or her details from the register of marriage celebrants ; or
(e) if the marriage celebrant is identified as a religious marriage celebrant on the register of marriage celebrants:
(i) remove the identification of the marriage celebrant as a religious marriage celebrant from the register for a period (the suspension period ) of up to 6 months by annotating the register of marriage celebrants to include a statement that the celebrant is not identified as a religious marriage celebrant, and the dates of the start and end of the suspension period; or
(ii) remove the identification of the marriage celebrant as a religious marriage celebrant permanently from the register.
Note: A decision to suspend a marriage celebrant's registration, or to deregister a marriage celebrant, is reviewable under section 39J.
(3) If the Registrar suspends a marriage celebrant's registration for a particular period, section 39F does not apply in respect of the marriage celebrant during the period.
(3A) If the Registrar removes the identification of a marriage celebrant as a religious marriage celebrant for any period under paragraph ( 2)(e), section 47A does not apply in respect of the celebrant during that period.
(4) If the Registrar decides to take disciplinary measures against a marriage celebrant (including a religious marriage celebrant) , the Registrar:
(a) must give the marriage celebrant written notice of:
(iii) the disciplinary measure that is being taken; and
(iv) if the marriage celebrant has a right under section 39J to apply for review of the decision--that right; and
(b) may inform the community, in any way the Registrar thinks
appropriate, including by electronic means, that the disciplinary measure is
being taken against the marriage celebrant.