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MARRIAGE REGULATIONS 2017 (F2017L01359) - REG 5

Definitions

Note:          A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including the following:

(a)    authorised celebrant;

(b)    celebrant registration charge;

(c)    chaplain;

(d)    Judge;

(e)    magistrate;

(f)    marriage;

(g)    prescribed authority.

                   In this instrument:

"accreditation authority " means the National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters Ltd (ACN 008 596 996).

"Act " means the Marriage Act 1961 .

"appropriate registering authority " for a marriage has the meaning given by section 6.

"approved form " means a form approved under subsection 63(2).

"birth certificate " , in relation to a person, means an official certificate, or an official extract of an entry in an official register, showing the date and place of birth of the person.

"celebrancy qualification " has the meaning given by subsection 39(3).

"celebrancy skills " has the meaning given by subsection 39(4).

"Certificate IV in Celebrancy " has the meaning given by subsection 39(2).

"charge exemption application fee " has the meaning given by section 47.

"engage in conduct " means:

                     (a)  do an act; or

                     (b)  omit to perform an act.

"listed professional development activities " means the professional development activities for a calendar year that are set out in a statement published under subsection 53(3).

"official certificate " , in relation to a marriage, means an official certificate of the marriage prepared under paragraph 50(1)(b) or 80(1)(b) of the Act.

"old regulations " means the Marriage Regulations 1963 .

"professional development exemption application fee " has the meaning given by section 56.

"Registrar of Marriage Celebrants " means the Registrar of Marriage Celebrants referred to in subsection 39A(2) of the Act.

"Registrar of Ministers of Religion " means a Registrar of Ministers of Religion referred to in subsection 27(1) of the Act.

"registration application fee " has the meaning given by subsection 39D(1B) of the Act.

"registration exemption application fee " has the meaning given by subsection 40(2).

"remote area " means an area classed as Remote Australia or Very Remote Australia in the Australian Statistician's Australian Statistical Geography Standard Remoteness Structure as in force on 1 April 2018.



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