Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

MARRIAGE REGULATIONS 1963 - REG 4

         (1)   In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:

"Act" means the Marriage Act 1961 .

"birth certificate" , in relation to a person, means an official certificate, or official extract of an entry in an official register, showing the date and place of birth of the person.

"celebrant" means an authorized celebrant or a chaplain.

"clerk" , in relation to a court of summary jurisdiction, means the clerk or other proper officer of the court of summary jurisdiction.

"filed" , in relation to a notice of application under Part II of the Act or to another document concerning such an application, means:

                (a)    where the application is made to a Judge -- filed in an office of the appropriate court; and

               (b)    where the application is made to a magistrate -- delivered to the clerk of the appropriate court of summary jurisdiction.

"notice of intended marriage" means a notice required to be given under paragraph 42 (1) (a) of the Act.

"official certificate" , in relation to a marriage, means the certificate of the marriage complying with subsection 50 (3) or 80 (3) of the Act.

"Registrar of Marriage Celebrants" means the Registrar of Marriage Celebrants under section 39A of the Act.

"registration year" means a calendar year.

"retained official certificate" , in relation to a marriage, means the certificate that is required, under the Act, to be retained by the celebrant who solemnized the marriage.

         (2)   Where in these Regulations reference is made to an Act of a State, or to an Ordinance of a Territory, and that Act or Ordinance is subsequently amended, then the reference shall, from the date of the amendment, be deemed to be a reference to that Act or Ordinance as so amended.