Bill
Marriage Amendment (Celebrant Administration and Fees) Bill 2014
passed, as at 2014-04-09. Attorney-General portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Attorney-General
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2014-03-20
- second reading — 2014-03-20
- second reading — 2014-03-25
- other — 2014-03-25
- second reading — 2014-03-26
- second reading — 2014-03-26
- other — 2014-03-26
- third reading — 2014-03-26
- introduced — 2014-03-27
- second reading — 2014-03-27
- second reading — 2014-03-27
- second reading — 2014-03-27
- third reading — 2014-03-27
- passed — 2014-03-27
- royal assent — 2014-04-09
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2014-03-20.
The bill would make Commonwealth-registered marriage celebrants pay an annual registration charge to recover the cost of regulating them.
Celebrants who do not pay the charge, unless exempted, would be deregistered, and regulations would set out exemption processes and grounds.
The charge would apply from 1 July 2013, and the amendments in Schedule 1, Part 4 would apply from 1 July 2014 or later.
- Introduces cost recovery for regulating Commonwealth-registered marriage celebrants.
- Requires celebrants to pay an annual registration charge or be deregistered.
- Allows regulations to provide exemptions from the charge.
- Requires aspiring celebrants to pay an application fee unless exempted.
- Allows regulations to require a fee for applying for an exemption from professional development requirements.
- Makes technical, transitional and administrative amendments to the Marriage Act.
Commonwealth-registered marriage celebrants, including those from independent religious organisations, and aspiring marriage celebrants.
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