Marriage Regulations 2017 Regulation 39 - Qualifications and skills required of a marriage celebrant

Marriage Regulations 2017

In force on 5 Jan 2026

Marriage Regulations 2017 Regulation 39

Qualifications and skills required of a marriage celebrant

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MR2017 reg.39

39 Qualifications and skills required of a marriage celebrant

(1) For the purposes of paragraph 39C(1)(b) of the Act, a determination by the Registrar of Marriage Celebrants must:

(a) provide that it is necessary for a person to have a Certificate IV in Celebrancy, a celebrancy qualification or celebrancy skills; and

(b) if the Registrar considers that it is necessary for registration as a marriage celebrant that a Certificate IV in Celebrancy include certain units and use certain materials—specify those units and materials; and

(c) if the Registrar considers that it is necessary for registration as a marriage celebrant that a celebrancy qualification include certain units and use certain materials—specify those units and materials; and

(d) specify that a celebrancy qualification must be awarded by a university specified in the determination.

(2) A Certificate IV in Celebrancy is a qualification with that name that:

(a) is awarded by a registered training organisation or NVR registered training organisation (both within the meaning of the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011); and

(b) includes each unit, and uses all the materials, specified in the determination.

(3) A celebrancy qualification is a celebrancy qualification (however described) that:

(a) is awarded by a university specified in the determination; and

(b) includes each unit, and uses all the materials, specified in the determination.

(4) Celebrancy skills are:

(a) fluency in an Indigenous language; and

(b) the ability to liaise with the following in planning a marriage ceremony:

(i) clients;

(ii) other members of the Indigenous community, if appropriate; and

(c) the ability to conduct a marriage ceremony and to complete and deal with the required documentation in accordance with the Act and this instrument; and

(d) the ability to communicate effectively.

(5) The Registrar must publish the determination on the internet and in any other way the Registrar considers appropriate.