Attorney-General's Portfolio Miscellaneous Measures Act 2024 (41 of 2024)

Schedule 3   Amendment of the Marriage Act 1961

Part 5   Identity requirements

Marriage Act 1961

32   At the end of paragraph 42(1)(b)

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(v) if it is impracticable for the party to obtain a certificate or official extract referred to in subparagraph (i) and the party does not have a current passport referred to in subparagraph (iii) or (iv) - a statutory declaration made by the party or a parent of the party stating that, for reasons specified in the declaration, it is impracticable to obtain a certificate or official extract referred to in subparagraph (i) and stating, to the best of the declarant's knowledge and belief and as accurately as the declarant has been able to ascertain, when and where the party was born; and