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MARRIAGE REGULATIONS 2017 (F2017L01359) - REG 39

Qualifications and skills required of a marriage celebrant

             (1)  For the purposes of paragraph 39C(1)(b) of the Act, a determination by the Registrar of Marriage Celebrants must:

                     (a)  provide that it is necessary for a person to have a Certificate IV in Celebrancy, a celebrancy qualification or celebrancy skills; and

                     (b)  if the Registrar considers that it is necessary for registration as a marriage celebrant that a Certificate IV in Celebrancy include certain units and use certain materials--specify those units and materials; and

                     (c)  if the Registrar considers that it is necessary for registration as a marriage celebrant that a celebrancy qualification include certain units and use certain materials--specify those units and materials; and

                     (d)  specify that a celebrancy qualification must be awarded by a university specified in the determination.

             (2)  A Certificate IV in Celebrancy is a qualification with that name that:

                     (a)  is awarded by a registered training organisation or NVR registered training organisation (both within the meaning of the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011 ); and

                     (b)  includes each unit, and uses all the materials, specified in the determination.

             (3)  A celebrancy qualification is a celebrancy qualification (however described) that:

                     (a)  is awarded by a university specified in the determination; and

                     (b)  includes each unit, and uses all the materials, specified in the determination.

             (4)  Celebrancy skills are:

                     (a)  fluency in an Indigenous language; and

                     (b)  the ability to liaise with the following in planning a marriage ceremony:

                              (i)  clients;

                             (ii)  other members of the Indigenous community, if appropriate; and

                     (c)  the ability to conduct a marriage ceremony and to complete and deal with the required documentation in accordance with the Act and this instrument; and

                     (d)  the ability to communicate effectively.

             (5)  The Registrar must publish the determination on the internet and in any other way the Registrar considers appropriate.



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