Marriage Amendment Regulation 2016 (No. 1) (Cth)

Marriage Amendment Regulation 2016 (No. 1)

I, General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Ret’d), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulation.

Dated 10 March 2016

Peter Cosgrove

Governor‑General

By His Excellency’s Command

George Brandis QC

Attorney‑General

Contents

1Name

This is the Marriage Amendment Regulation 2016 (No. 1).

2Commencement

1. (1)

   Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provisions	Commencement	Date/Details
1. The whole of this instrument	The day after this instrument is registered.	12 March 2016

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

1. (2)

   Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3Authority

This instrument is made under the Marriage Act 1961.

4Schedules

Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendments

Marriage Regulations 1963

1. 1

   Regulation 37F (definition of Certificate IV in Celebrancy)

Repeal the definition, substitute:

Certificate IV in Celebrancy means a qualification with that name, awarded by a registered training organisation, that includes all the units mentioned in subparagraph 37G(1)(a)(ii).

2

Subparagraph 37G(1)(a)(ii)

Repeal the subparagraph, substitute:

1. (ii)

   a Certificate IV in Celebrancy that includes all the units the Registrar of Marriage Celebrants determines to be necessary for registration as a marriage celebrant; or