Bill
Marriage (Celebrant Registration Charge) 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.
This bill would introduce an annual cost recovery levy for Commonwealth-registered marriage celebrants.
The charge would apply to celebrants registered on or after 1 July in a financial year, with exemptions available through regulations.
The measure was originally part of a 2011-12 Budget announcement intended to start from 1 July 2013 but was delayed due to the previous bill not passing before Parliament was prorogued.
- Imposes an annual celebrant registration charge on Commonwealth-registered marriage celebrants.
- Provides legislative authority for the government to recover the costs of regulating this group.
- Allows for exemptions from the charge to be set out in regulations.
Commonwealth-registered marriage celebrants, including those from independent religious organisations whose denominations are not proclaimed under section 26 of the Marriage Act.
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