Attorney-General's Portfolio Miscellaneous Measures Act 2024 (41 of 2024)

Schedule 3   Amendment of the Marriage Act 1961

Part 3   Refund of registration application fee

Marriage Act 1961

13   After subsection 39D(1E)

Insert:

Refund of registration application fee

(1F) The Registrar may refund the whole or a part of a registration application fee that was paid in respect of an application by a person to be registered as a marriage celebrant if:

(a) the Registrar is not satisfied that the person meets the requirement referred to in paragraph 39C(1)(b) (required qualifications or skills); or

(b) the person has been granted an exemption from liability to pay the registration application fee; or

(c) any other circumstances prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this paragraph exist.

(1G) The Registrar may refund the whole or a part of a registration application fee under subsection (1F):

(a) on the initiative of the Registrar; or

(b) on application by the person who made the application to be registered as a marriage celebrant.