Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Registrar of Marriage Celebrants must regularly review each marriage celebrant’s performance to determine whether the Registrar considers that the marriage celebrant’s performance is satisfactory.
(2) The first review must be completed within 5 years of the marriage celebrant being registered and must cover the period between registration and the end of the review. Each later review must be completed within 5 years of the previous review and must cover the period since the previous review.
(3) In reviewing the performance of a marriage celebrant, the Registrar:
(a) must consider the matters prescribed by regulations made for the purposes of this paragraph; and
(b) may have regard to any information in his or her possession, but is not required to seek any further information.
(4) The Registrar must not determine that a marriage celebrant’s performance in respect of a period was not satisfactory unless:
(a) the Registrar has, in accordance with regulations made for the purposes of this paragraph, given the marriage celebrant a written notice:
(i) stating the Registrar’s intention to make the determination unless, before the date specified in the notice (which must be at least 21 days after the date on which the notice was given), the marriage celebrant satisfies the Registrar that the marriage celebrant’s performance in respect of the period was satisfactory; and
(ii) informing the marriage celebrant that any representations made to the Registrar before that date will be considered by the Registrar; and
(b) the Registrar has considered any representations made by the marriage celebrant before the date specified in the notice; and
(c) the determination is made in writing within 14 days after the date specified in the notice.
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