Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Act 2017 (129 of 2017)
Schedule 1 Amendments
Part 1 Main amendments
Marriage Act 1961
23 After section 71
Insert:
71A Marriage officers
The Chief of the Defence Force may, by instrument in writing, authorise an officer (within the meaning of the Defence Act 1903), other than a chaplain, to solemnise marriages under this Division.