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Marriage Regulations 2017 Regulation 86 - Pre‑commencement applications for exemption from celebrant registration charge

Marriage Regulations 2017

In force on 5 Jan 2026

Marriage Regulations 2017 Regulation 86

Pre‑commencement applications for exemption from celebrant registration charge

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MR2017 reg.86

86 Pre‑commencement applications for exemption from celebrant registration charge

Section titled “86 Pre‑commencement applications for exemption from celebrant registration charge”

(1) This section applies in relation to an application if:

(a) the application was made under subregulation 37JB(1) of the old regulations before 1 April 2018; and

(b) immediately before that day, a decision on the application has not been made.

(2) Despite the repeal of regulations 37JB and 37JC of the old regulations, those provisions, as in force immediately before 1 April 2018, continue to apply in relation to the application as if the repeal had not happened.

(3) If:

(a) a notice in relation to the application was given under subregulation 37JB(3) of the old regulations before 1 April 2018; and

(b) immediately before that day, the period specified in the notice has not ended;

then, despite the repeal of regulation 37JB of the old regulations, the notice continues to have effect, on and after that day, as if the repeal had not happened.