I like to have two meetings with you. The first meeting to take place not more than six months and not less than one month and one day prior to your wedding and the second meeting to take place within the last two weeks immediately prior to your wedding. At the first meeting, you may complete a 'Notice of Intended Marriage' and I will discuss your ceremony with you and provide you with a booklet of ceremonies and suggested readings for you to peruse at your leisure. The meetings normally take place at my residence however special arrangements can be made for couples who reside interstate or overseas. My fee for conducting a marriage ceremony is very reasonable, with travel beyond 30 kilometres incurring an additional charge.
Any fee remaining is paid at the second meeting.
This normally occurs at the first meeting. At that time, you will be required to produce a birth certificate and , if you are a divorced person, or a widow or widower, evidence of your divorce, or of the death of your spouse. Once lodged with me, the 'Notice of Intended Marriage' is valid for a period of six months. At your ceremony, there must be two official witnesses who have attained the age of eighteen years. The full names of your witnesses need to be furnished to me prior to your ceremony for inclusion on the official Certificate of Marriage which is forwarded by me to the Register-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages to register your marriage.