{"id":"F2019L00138","name":"Marriage (Celebrant Professional Development) Statement 2019","slug":"marriage-celebrant-professional-development-statement-2019","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":98772,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2019L00138-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"Part 1","sectionType":"part","heading":"Preliminary","content":"# Part 1 Preliminary\n\n## 1 Name\n\nThis instrument is the Marriage (Celebrant Professional Development) Statement 2019.\n\n## 2 Commencement\n\n1. Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.\n\n```html\n

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\n```\n\n1. Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.\n\n## 3 Authority\n\nThis instrument is made under subsection 53(3) of the Marriage Regulations 2017.\n\n## 4 Definitions\n\nIn this instrument:\n\nACQ means Alliance of Celebrants Queensland.\n\nActivity means an OPD activity delivered by a provider on the Attorney-General’s Department OPD Panel, or a Certificate IV in Celebrancy unit, or a celebrant association conference.\n\nAFCC means Australian Federation of Civil Celebrants.\n\nAMC means Australian Marriage Celebrants Inc.\n\nACMCV means Association of Civil Marriage Celebrants of Victoria Incorporated.\n\nAustralian Celebrations Training means Australian Celebrations Training Pty Ltd (ACN 104 287 112).\n\nCCN means Civil Celebrations Network.\n\nGordon Institute of TAFE means the Gordon Institute of Technical and Further Education (ABN 27 241 053 246).\n\nLife Skills Training means Life Skills Training Pty Ltd (ACN 059 479 159).\n\nNepean Industry Edge Training means Nepean Industry Edge Training Pty Ltd (ACN 144 553 300).\n\nQualTrain means QualTrain Australia Pty Ltd (ACN 622 208 182).\n\nRegulations means the Marriage Regulations 2017.\n\nRose Training means Rose Training Australia Pty Ltd (ACN 605 893 810).\n\n# Part 2—Professional development activities\n\n## 5 List of professional development activities\n\n(1) For the purposes of paragraph 53(3)(a) of the Regulations, Schedule 1 sets out a list of professional development activities for 2019.\n\n(2) For the purposes of paragraph 53(3)(b) of the Regulations, the professional development activity which is compulsory for 2019 comprises at least one activity which falls within Table 1 of Schedule 1.","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"part","heading":"Name","content":"## 1 Name\n\nThis instrument is the Marriage (Celebrant Professional Development) Statement 2019.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"part","heading":"Commencement","content":"## 2 Commencement\n\n1. Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.\n\n```html\n

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Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"part","heading":"Authority","content":"## 3 Authority\n\nThis instrument is made under subsection 53(3) of the Marriage Regulations 2017.","sortOrder":3},{"sectionNumber":"4","sectionType":"part","heading":"Definitions","content":"## 4 Definitions\n\nIn this instrument:\n\nACQ means Alliance of Celebrants Queensland.\n\nActivity means an OPD activity delivered by a provider on the Attorney-General’s Department OPD Panel, or a Certificate IV in Celebrancy unit, or a celebrant association conference.\n\nAFCC means Australian Federation of Civil Celebrants.\n\nAMC means Australian Marriage Celebrants Inc.\n\nACMCV means Association of Civil Marriage Celebrants of Victoria Incorporated.\n\nAustralian Celebrations Training means Australian Celebrations Training Pty Ltd (ACN 104 287 112).\n\nCCN means Civil Celebrations Network.\n\nGordon Institute of TAFE means the Gordon Institute of Technical and Further Education (ABN 27 241 053 246).\n\nLife Skills Training means Life Skills Training Pty Ltd (ACN 059 479 159).\n\nNepean Industry Edge Training means Nepean Industry Edge Training Pty Ltd (ACN 144 553 300).\n\nQualTrain means QualTrain Australia Pty Ltd (ACN 622 208 182).\n\nRegulations means the Marriage Regulations 2017.\n\nRose Training means Rose Training Australia Pty Ltd (ACN 605 893 810).","sortOrder":4},{"sectionNumber":"Part 2","sectionType":"part","heading":"Professional development activities","content":"# Part 2—Professional development activities","sortOrder":5},{"sectionNumber":"5","sectionType":"part","heading":"List of professional development activities","content":"## 5 List of professional development activities\n\n(1) For the purposes of paragraph 53(3)(a) of the Regulations, Schedule 1 sets out a list of professional development activities for 2019.\n\n(2) For the purposes of paragraph 53(3)(b) of the Regulations, the professional development activity which is compulsory for 2019 comprises at least one activity which falls within Table 1 of Schedule 1.","sortOrder":6},{"sectionNumber":"Schedule 1","sectionType":"part","heading":"Professional development activities","content":"# Schedule 1—Professional development activities\n\nNote: See section 5.","sortOrder":7},{"sectionNumber":"Schedule 2","sectionType":"part","heading":"Repeals","content":"# Schedule 2—Repeals\n\n## The Marriage (Celebrant Professional Development) Statement 2018\n\n1 The whole of the instrument\n\nRepeal the instrument","sortOrder":9},{"sectionNumber":"The Marriage (Celebrant Professional Dev","sectionType":"part","heading":"The Marriage (Celebrant Professional Development) Statement 2018","content":"## The Marriage (Celebrant Professional Development) Statement 2018\n\n1 The whole of the instrument\n\nRepeal the instrument","sortOrder":10}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-realtime","completionTokens":2339},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a routine annual update consistent with the enabling power in subsection 53(3) of the Marriage Regulations 2017. It maintains the same structure as previous years (compulsory Table 1 items plus elective Table 2 items) and simply updates the list of approved activities and providers for the 2019 calendar year. The instrument repeals the 2018 version without expanding the regulatory scope."},"complexity_factors":["11 defined acronyms for training providers and associations in the interpretation section","Two extensive tables listing 59+ and 143+ specific training activities respectively","Cross-referencing to previous years' compulsory activities (2016-2018) allowing them to count as current year electives","Reference to external qualification framework (Certificate IV in Celebrancy CH41015)","Minor conditional logic regarding compulsory vs elective categorization"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument defines the 2019 ongoing professional development (OPD) requirements for Commonwealth-registered civil marriage celebrants. Celebrants must complete at least one compulsory Table 1 activity covering core legal and procedural topics, with further hours from Table 1 or elective Table 2 topics; approved prior-year compulsory activities and units from Certificate IV in Celebrancy may also count. Training is delivered by listed approved providers and major celebrant associations. Compliance is required to maintain registration; the 2018 PD Statement is repealed."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/marriage-celebrant-professional-development-statement-2019","history":"/api/acts/marriage-celebrant-professional-development-statement-2019/history","analysis":"/api/acts/marriage-celebrant-professional-development-statement-2019/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/marriage-celebrant-professional-development-statement-2019/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/marriage-celebrant-professional-development-statement-2019/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/marriage-celebrant-professional-development-statement-2019/documents"}}