Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01004:reg:46
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01004
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 46
Character Range: 44498–45226

46  Automatic exemption from celebrant registration charge—person resigns as a marriage celebrant etc.
  The Registrar of Marriage Celebrants must exempt a person from liability to pay celebrant registration charge in respect of a financial year if the person:
 (a) has not paid the charge; and
 (b) notifies the Registrar, after the start of the financial year and before the end of the charge payment day, that the person:
 (i) no longer wishes to be registered as a marriage celebrant; or
 (ii) has become a minister of religion of a recognised denomination.
Note 1: See paragraph 39FA(3)(a) of the Act.
Note 2: It is not necessary for a person to apply to the Registrar in order to receive an exemption under this section.