Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Registrar shall keep a register, to be called the Register of Foreign Marriages Solemnised in Australia, in such form as the Minister directs.
(2) The Registrar shall register in the Register every marriage notified to the Registrar that he or she is satisfied:
(a) is a marriage to which section 55 was applicable; and
(b) has been solemnised in Australia by or in the presence of a diplomatic or consular officer of a proclaimed overseas country who was competent to solemnise the marriage.
(3) The Registrar shall keep an index of the entries in the
Register.