Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Amendment (Fee Exemptions) Regulation 2011 (NSW)

2011 No 62

New South Wales

Births, Deaths and Marriages

Registration Amendment (Fee

Exemptions) Regulation 2011

under the

Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1995

Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1995.

JOHN HATZISTERGOS, MLC

Attorney General

Explanatory note
The object of this Regulation is to provide that, for the 12 months following 14 February 2011, no fee is payable for the issue of a marriage certificate or relationship certificate by the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages for marriages that occur on or after that date or relationships that are registered under the Relationships Register Act 2010 on or after that date.

This Regulation is made under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1995, including sections 54 and 62 (the general regulation-making power).

Published LW 14 February 2011	Page 1
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Clause 1	Regulation 2011

Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Amendment

(Fee Exemptions) Regulation 2011

under the

Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1995

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration
Amendment (Fee Exemptions) Regulation 2011.

2      Commencement

This Regulation commences on the day on which it is published on the
NSW legislation website.

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Regulation 2011
Amendment of Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Regulation 2006	Schedule 1
Schedule 1	Amendment of Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Regulation 2006

[1]      Clause 16 Fees

Insert “(other than a service that is fee exempt under clause 16A)” after
“Registrar”.

[2]      Clause 16A

Insert after clause 16:

16A Fee exemption for marriage and relationship certificates

(1)

The following services are fee exempt for the 12 month period
commencing on 14 February 2011:

(a)	the issue of a marriage certificate in respect of a marriage that occurs on or after that date,
(b)	the issue of a relationship certificate in respect of a relationship that is registered under the Relationships Register Act 2010 on or after that date.

(2)

Accordingly, no fee is payable for the issue of such a marriage
certificate or relationship certificate during that period.

(3)

This clause does not apply to any other service provided in connection with the issue of a marriage certificate or relationship certificate.

(4)

In this clause:
marriage certificate means a certificate certifying particulars
contained in an entry in the Register about a marriage registered
under the Act.
relationship certificate means a certificate certifying particulars
contained in an entry in the Register about a relationship
registered under the Relationships Register Act 2010.