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

Schedule 3   Amendment of the Marriage Act 1961

Part 7   Single registration as authorised celebrant

Marriage Act 1961

51   After subsection 39(2)

Insert:

(2A) The Minister must not, under subsection (2), authorise an officer of a State or Territory to solemnise marriages if the officer:

(a) is registered as a marriage celebrant under Subdivision C of this Division; or

(a) is a minister of religion who is registered under Subdivision A of this Division.