sec.20Registration of civil partnership notary

### sec.20 Registration of civil partnership notary A person may apply to the registrar to be registered as a civil partnership notary. The application must be— in the approved form; and accompanied by the application fee prescribed by regulation. The approved form may require specified information or documents about the applicant’s relevant criminal history to be included in, attached to or given with the form. The approved form may require the form, or information or documents included in, attached to or given with the form, to be verified by a statutory declaration. On application by a person under this section, the registrar may register the applicant if satisfied that— the applicant— is an adult; and is appropriately qualified to exercise the functions of a civil partnership notary; and is a suitable person to be registered as a civil partnership notary; or the applicant is registered as a marriage celebrant under the Marriage Act 1961 (Cwlth) . In deciding under subsection (5) (a) (iii) whether a person is a suitable person to be registered as a civil partnership notary— the registrar must have regard to the relevant criminal history of the person; and the registrar may have regard to anything else the registrar considers relevant. If the registrar is not satisfied under subsection (5) , the registrar must refuse to register the applicant. In this section— relevant criminal history , of a person, means a recorded conviction, other than a spent conviction, for— any offence against a law of the State, another State or the Commonwealth that is punishable by imprisonment for 1 year or more; or any offence against this Act. s 20 prev s 20 om 2012 No. 12 s 17 pres s 20 ins 2015 No. 33 s 20 amd 2023 No. 23 s 247 sch 1 s 4 (sec.20-ssec.1) A person may apply to the registrar to be registered as a civil partnership notary. (sec.20-ssec.2) The application must be— in the approved form; and accompanied by the application fee prescribed by regulation. (sec.20-ssec.3) The approved form may require specified information or documents about the applicant’s relevant criminal history to be included in, attached to or given with the form. (sec.20-ssec.4) The approved form may require the form, or information or documents included in, attached to or given with the form, to be verified by a statutory declaration. (sec.20-ssec.5) On application by a person under this section, the registrar may register the applicant if satisfied that— the applicant— is an adult; and is appropriately qualified to exercise the functions of a civil partnership notary; and is a suitable person to be registered as a civil partnership notary; or the applicant is registered as a marriage celebrant under the Marriage Act 1961 (Cwlth) . (sec.20-ssec.6) In deciding under subsection (5) (a) (iii) whether a person is a suitable person to be registered as a civil partnership notary— the registrar must have regard to the relevant criminal history of the person; and the registrar may have regard to anything else the registrar considers relevant. (sec.20-ssec.7) If the registrar is not satisfied under subsection (5) , the registrar must refuse to register the applicant. (sec.20-ssec.8) In this section— relevant criminal history , of a person, means a recorded conviction, other than a spent conviction, for— any offence against a law of the State, another State or the Commonwealth that is punishable by imprisonment for 1 year or more; or any offence against this Act. - (a) in the approved form; and - (b) accompanied by the application fee prescribed by regulation. - (a) the applicant— (i) is an adult; and (ii) is appropriately qualified to exercise the functions of a civil partnership notary; and (iii) is a suitable person to be registered as a civil partnership notary; or - (i) is an adult; and - (ii) is appropriately qualified to exercise the functions of a civil partnership notary; and - (iii) is a suitable person to be registered as a civil partnership notary; or - (b) the applicant is registered as a marriage celebrant under the Marriage Act 1961 (Cwlth) . - (i) is an adult; and - (ii) is appropriately qualified to exercise the functions of a civil partnership notary; and - (iii) is a suitable person to be registered as a civil partnership notary; or - (a) the registrar must have regard to the relevant criminal history of the person; and - (b) the registrar may have regard to anything else the registrar considers relevant. - (a) any offence against a law of the State, another State or the Commonwealth that is punishable by imprisonment for 1 year or more; or - (b) any offence against this Act.