Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00853:clause:1_42:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00853
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 42 (pt 2/3)
Character Range: 91276–94037

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 (d) if a party signs the notice outside Australia—must be signed under the observation (whether or not by means of a facility that enables audio and visual communication between persons in different places) of one of the following, who must also be outside Australia:
 (i) an Australian Diplomatic Officer;
 (ii) an Australian Consular Officer;
 (iii) a notary public;
 (iv) an employee of the Commonwealth authorised under paragraph 3(c) of the Consular Fees Act 1955;
 (v) an employee of the Australian Trade and Investment Commission authorised under paragraph 3(d) of the Consular Fees Act 1955.
 (3) However, if the signature of a party to an intended marriage cannot conveniently be obtained at the time when it is desired to give notice under this section, a notice duly signed by the other party and otherwise complying with the provisions of this section shall, if it is signed by the first‑mentioned party under the observation (whether or not by means of a facility that enables audio and visual communication between persons in different places) of an authorised celebrant in Australia before the marriage is solemnised, be deemed to have been a sufficient notice.
 (4) Where a party to an intended marriage is unable, after reasonable inquiry, to ascertain all of the particulars in relation to that party required to be contained in a notice under this section, the failure to include in the notice such of those particulars as the party is unable to ascertain does not make the notice ineffective for the purposes of this section if, at any time before the marriage is solemnised, that party furnishes to the authorised celebrant solemnising the marriage a statutory declaration as to that party's inability to ascertain the particulars not included in the notice and the reason for that inability.
 (5) Despite a notice required by subsection (1) having been received later than 1 month before the date of the marriage, a prescribed authority may authorise an authorised celebrant to solemnise a marriage if the authority is satisfied that one or more of the circumstances prescribed in the regulations have been met.
 (5A) An authorised celebrant shall, as soon as practicable after receiving the notice referred to in subsection (1), give to the parties a document outlining the obligations and consequences of marriage and indicating the availability of marriage education and counselling.
 (6) If:
 (a) a notice of intention to marry has been given to an authorised celebrant under this section; and
 (b) either:
 (i) because of the death, absence or illness of the authorised celebrant, or for any other reason, it is impracticable for that person to solemnise the marriage; or
 (ii)