Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Act 2017 (129 of 2017)
Schedule 1 Amendments
Part 1 Main amendments
Marriage Act 1961
16 After subsection 39J(2)
Insert:
(2A) For the purposes of both the making of an application under subsection (1) and the operation of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 in relation to such an application, if:
(a) a person has given notice under section 39DB or paragraph 39DD(2)(b) (notice requesting to be identified as a religious marriage celebrant); and
(b) at the end of 3 months after the day on which the notice was given, the person has not been:
(i) identified as a religious marriage celebrant on the register of marriage celebrants; or
(ii) notified by the Registrar that the Registrar has decided not to identify the person as a religious marriage celebrant on the register of marriage celebrants;
the Registrar is taken to have decided, on the last day of the 3 month period, not to identify that person as a religious marriage celebrant on the register of marriage celebrants.