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 solemnise d 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.