Marriage Regulations 2017 Regulation 5 - Definitions
Marriage Regulations 2017
In force on 5 Jan 2026Marriage Regulations 2017 Regulation 5
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5 Definitions
Section titled “5 Definitions”Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including the following:
(a) authorised celebrant;
(b) celebrant registration charge;
(c) chaplain;
(d) Judge;
(e) magistrate;
(f) marriage;
(g) prescribed authority;
(h) Registrar of Marriage Celebrants.
In this instrument:
accreditation authority means the National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters Ltd (ACN 008 596 996).
Act means the Marriage Act 1961.
appropriate registering authority for a marriage has the meaning given by section 6.
approved form means a form approved under subsection 63(2).
birth certificate, in relation to a person, means an official certificate, or an official extract of an entry in an official register, showing the date and place of birth of the person.
celebrancy qualification has the meaning given by subsection 39(3).
celebrancy skills has the meaning given by subsection 39(4).
Certificate IV in Celebrancy has the meaning given by subsection 39(2).
charge exemption application fee has the meaning given by section 47.
engage in conduct means:
(a) do an act; or
(b) omit to perform an act.
official certificate, in relation to a marriage, means an official certificate of the marriage prepared under paragraph 50(1)(b) or 80(1)(b) of the Act.
old regulations means the Marriage Regulations 1963.
professional development exemption application fee has the meaning given by section 56.
Registrar of Ministers of Religion means a Registrar of Ministers of Religion referred to in subsection 27(1) of the Act.
registration application fee has the meaning given by subsection 39D(1B) of the Act.
registration exemption application fee has the meaning given by subsection 40(2).
remote area means an area classed as Remote Australia or Very Remote Australia in the Australian Statistician’s Australian Statistical Geography Standard Remoteness Structure as in force on 1 April 2018.