The main reference sources for information relating to questions on legal aspects of marriage are listed on my webpage:
- The Marriage Act 1961
- Guidelines On The Marriage Act 1961 For Marriage Celebrants
- Code of practice for Marriage Celebrants
- Marriage Regulations 1963 (up until 31/3/2018) and
- Marriage Regulations 2017 (from 1/4/2018);
- Marriage Act 1961 and Marriage Regulations 2017
- Newsletters issued by the Attorney General’s Department
- Fact sheets issued by the Attorney General’s Department
- Guidelines on conflict of interest and benefit to business for Commonwealth-registered marriage celebrants – Updated April 2018 [DOCX 189 KB]
- Guidelines on advertising for Commonwealth-registered marriage celebrants – Updated April 2018 [DOCX 85KB]
- Maintaining your registration as a Commonwealth marriage celebrant – Updated April 2018 [DOCX 100KB]
- About the Marriage Celebrants Programme – Updated April 2018 [DOCX 98KB]
- Celebrants obligations when solemnising marriages – Updated April 2018 [DOCX 96KB]
- Complaints against a Commonwealth registered marriage celebrant – Updated April 2018 [DOCX 87KB]
Copies of legislation and regulations can be viewed online or downloaded from ComLaw.
