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

Schedule 3   Amendment of the Marriage Act 1961

Part 6   Notice of intended marriage and consent

Marriage Act 1961

42   Subsection 42(6)

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

(6) If:

(a) a notice of intention to marry has been given to an authorised celebrant under this section; and

(b) either:

(i) because of the death, absence or illness of the authorised celebrant, or for any other reason, it is impracticable for that person to solemnise the marriage; or

(ii) the parties to the intended marriage have requested the authorised celebrant to give the notice to another authorised celebrant;

the marriage may be solemnised by another authorised celebrant who has possession of the notice.