Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated RegulationsForm of certificate of marriage
(1) For the purposes of paragraph 80(1)(a) of the Act, the form prescribed for a certificate of marriage is Form 15 in Schedule 1.
(2) A certificate of marriage for a marriage solemnised under Part V of the Act is not in the prescribed form unless:
(a) the wording of the certificate strictly complies with Form 15 in Schedule 1; and
(b) the certificate is on a document:
(i) prepared and supplied as an incomplete certificate by a person authorised under subsection (3); and
(ii) identifiable as a unique document by measures acceptable to the Minister.
(3) The Minister may, by notifiable instrument, authorise a person for the purposes of subparagraph (2)(b)(i).
(4) The Minister must ensure that only one person is authorised for the purposes of subparagraph (2)(b)(i) at any time.
Record keeping
(5) An authorised celebrant in relation to a marriage solemnised under Part V of the Act must keep, in accordance with subsection (6), the following records for each document referred to in paragraph (2)(b) supplied to the authorised celebrant:
(a) any serial number printed on the document by the supplier;
(b) if used by the authorised celebrant--the date of, and full names of the parties to, the marriage;
(c) if transferred to another authorised celebrant--the date of the transfer, the full name of the other authorised celebrant and the authorisation number (if any) of the authorised celebrant;
(d) if destroyed--the date of and reason for the destruction;
(e) if any other event occurs in relation to the document--the date and other relevant details of the event.
(6) The records kept under subsection (5) by an authorised celebrant must be kept:
(a) in a form acceptable to the Minister; and
(b) for a period of 6 years starting on the day after the date of the event referred to in paragraph (5)(b), (c), (d) or (e) unless the authorised celebrant dies, or becomes permanently incapacitated, before the end of that period.
(7) If an authorised celebrant is required to keep records under subsection (5), the Minister may, by written notice, request the authorised celebrant to give a copy of the records to a specified person within a specified period.