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.