Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2012C00836:clause:1_27
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2012C00836
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 27
Character Range: 19656–20652

27  Registration of existing marriage celebrants

(1) In this item:
existing marriage celebrant means a person:
 (a) in respect of whom an instrument made under subsection 39(2) of the Marriage Act 1961 was in force immediately before the commencement of item 18 of this Schedule; and
 (b) who was not authorized by that instrument to solemnize marriages as an officer of a State or Territory.

(2) Each existing marriage celebrant is taken to have been registered under Subdivision C of Division 1 of Part IV of the Marriage Act 1961 as a marriage celebrant on the date of the commencement of item 18 of this Schedule.

(3) As soon as practicable after the commencement of item 18 of this Schedule, the Registrar of Marriage Celebrants must enter in the register of marriage celebrants all details relating to the person that are required by regulations made for the purposes of subsection 39D(5) to be entered in the register in respect of a person who is registered as a marriage celebrant.