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.
(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.