Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2014A00025:clause:1_39fa
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2014A00025
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 39FA
Character Range: 3716–6076

39FA  Celebrant registration charge: liability to pay charge
 (1) A person is liable to pay celebrant registration charge to the Commonwealth in respect of a financial year if:
 (a) the person:
 (i) is a marriage celebrant on 1 July in that financial year; or
 (ii) becomes a marriage celebrant later in that financial year; and
 (b) the person has not, before the end of the charge payment day, been granted an exemption from liability to pay the charge.
The charge must be paid by the end of the charge payment day.
Note: For the imposition and rate of the charge, see the Marriage (Celebrant Registration Charge) Act 2014.
 (2) The Registrar of Marriage Celebrants must, in respect of a financial year, send each person who is a marriage celebrant on 1 July in the financial year, or who becomes a marriage celebrant on a later day in the financial year, a notice that:
 (a) specifies:
 (i) the amount of celebrant registration charge that is payable by the person (unless the person is granted an exemption); and
 (ii) the charge payment day (being a day that is at least 30 days after the day on which the notice is sent); and
 (b) complies with any other requirements prescribed by the regulations relating to the content of the notice, or how it is to be sent.
 (3) The regulations may do all or any of the following:
 (a) provide for the granting of exemptions, on grounds specified in the regulations, from liability to pay celebrant registration charge in respect of a financial year;
 (b) require a fee to be paid in respect of an application for an exemption;
 (c) provide for internal review of decisions to refuse to grant exemptions.
 (4) Regulations made for the purpose of paragraph (3)(b) may specify a fee, or provide for a fee to be determined by the Minister by legislative instrument.
 (5) Regulations made for the purpose of paragraph (3)(c) must provide that the outcome of an internal review of a decision (the original decision) is either:
 (a) that the original decision is confirmed; or
 (b) that a different decision is substituted for the original decision, with effect from the time when the original decision was made.
 (6) An amount of celebrant registration charge that a person is liable to pay:
 (a) is a debt due by the person to the Commonwealth; and
 (b) may be recovered by action in a court of competent jurisdiction.