39CEntitlement to be registered as a marriage celebrant

#### 39C Entitlement to be registered as a marriage celebrant (1) A person is only entitled to be registered as a marriage celebrant if the person is an individual and the Registrar of Marriage Celebrants is satisfied that the person: (a) is aged 18 years or over; and (b) has all the qualifications, and/or skills, determined in writing to be necessary by the Registrar in accordance with regulations made for the purposes of this paragraph; and (c) is a fit and proper person to be a marriage celebrant; and (d) is not a minister of religion who is already registered under Subdivision A of this Division; and (e) is not authorised to solemnise marriages in a State or Territory under Subdivision B of this Division. (2) In determining whether the Registrar is satisfied that the person is a fit and proper person to be a marriage celebrant, the Registrar must take into account: (a) whether the person has sufficient knowledge of the law relating to the solemnisation of marriages by marriage celebrants; and (b) whether the person is committed to advising couples of the availability of relationship support services; and (c) whether the person is of good standing in the community; and (d) whether the person has been convicted of an offence, punishable by imprisonment for one year or longer, against a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory; and (e) whether the person has an actual or potential conflict of interest between his or her practice, or proposed practice, as a marriage celebrant and his or her business interests or other interests; and (f) whether the person’s registration as a marriage celebrant would be likely to result in the person gaining a benefit in respect of another business that the person owns, controls or carries out; and (g) whether the person will fulfil the obligations under section 39G; and (h) any other matter the Registrar considers relevant to whether the person is a fit and proper person to be a marriage celebrant. (3) Nothing in this section affects the operation of Part VIIC of the Crimes Act 1914 (which includes provisions that, in certain circumstances, relieve persons from the requirement to disclose spent convictions and require persons aware of such convictions to disregard them).