Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

MARRIAGE REGULATIONS 2017 (F2017L01359) - REG 53

Requirement to undertake professional development activities

             (1)  For the purposes of paragraph 39G(1)(b) of the Act, a marriage celebrant must, in each calendar year, undertake listed professional development activities that take at least 5 hours to complete and include any such activities that are compulsory for the year.

             (2)  Subsection (1) does not apply to a marriage celebrant for a calendar year if the Registrar grants the marriage celebrant an exemption for the year under section 54, 55 or 58.

Statement of professional development activities etc.

             (3)  The Registrar of Marriage Celebrants must, as soon as practicable after the start of each calendar year, publish a written statement that:

                     (a)  sets out a list of professional development activities for the year; and

                     (b)  specifies which of those activities (if any, and no more than 2) are compulsory for the year.

             (4)  Without limiting paragraph (3)(a), the list of professional development activities may include any or all of the following information about the activities:

                     (a)  ways in which the activities may be undertaken;

                     (b)  the provider or providers of the activities;

                     (c)  any other information the Registrar considers appropriate.

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

             (6)  The Registrar may add professional development activities to a list that is set out in a statement published under subsection (3) for a calendar year. Any such activity must not be compulsory for the year.

             (7)  A statement published under subsection (3) is not a legislative instrument.