Commonwealth Numbered Regulations Commonwealth Numbered RegulationsForm of certificate of marriage
(1) For the purposes of paragraph 50(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 Division 2 of Part IV 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) A person who is or was an authorised celebrant must keep, in accordance with subsection (6), the following records for each document referred to in paragraph (2)(b) supplied to the person:
(a) any serial number printed on the document by the supplier;
(b) if used by the person--the date of, and full names of the parties to, the marriage;
(c) if transferred to another authorised celebrant--the date of the transfer and the full name and authorisation number (if any) of the other 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 a person 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:
(i) the person dies, or becomes permanently incapacitated, before the end of that period; or
(ii) if the person is authorised under section 39 of the Act--the authorisation ceases before the end of that period.
(7) If a person is required to keep records under subsection (5), the Minister may, by written notice, request the person to give a copy of the records to a specified person within a specified period.