Marriage (Celebrant Professional Development) Statement 2019
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Plain English Summary
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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 Compliance is required to maintain registration; the 2018 PD Statement is repealed.
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Current sections
Direct links to the current provisions in Marriage (Celebrant Professional Development) Statement 2019.
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Part 1
Preliminary
Part 1 Preliminary
1 Name
This instrument is the Marriage (Celebrant Professional Development) Statement 2019.
2 Commencement
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.
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.
3 Authority
This instrument is made under subsection 53(3) of the Marriage Regulations 2017.
4 Definitions
In this instrument:
ACQ means Alliance of Celebrants Queensland.
Activity 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.
AFCC means Australian Federation of Civil Celebrants.
AMC means Australian Marriage Celebrants Inc.
ACMCV means Association of Civil Marriage Celebrants of Victoria Incorporated.
Australian Celebrations Training means Australian Celebrations Training Pty Ltd (ACN 104 287 112).
CCN means Civil Celebrations Network.
Gordon Institute of TAFE means the Gordon Institute of Technical and Further Education (ABN 27 241 053 246).
Life Skills Training means Life Skills Training Pty Ltd (ACN 059 479 159).
Nepean Industry Edge Training means Nepean Industry Edge Training Pty Ltd (ACN 144 553 300).
QualTrain means QualTrain Australia Pty Ltd (ACN 622 208 182).
Regulations means the Marriage Regulations 2017.
Rose Training means Rose Training Australia Pty Ltd (ACN 605 893 810).
Part 2—Professional development activities
5 List of professional development activities
(1) For the purposes of paragraph 53(3)(a) of the Regulations, Schedule 1 sets out a list of professional development activities for 2019.
(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.
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Name
1 Name
This instrument is the Marriage (Celebrant Professional Development) Statement 2019.
2
Commencement
2 Commencement
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.
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.
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Authority
3 Authority
This instrument is made under subsection 53(3) of the Marriage Regulations 2017.
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Definitions
4 Definitions
In this instrument:
ACQ means Alliance of Celebrants Queensland.
Activity 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.
AFCC means Australian Federation of Civil Celebrants.
AMC means Australian Marriage Celebrants Inc.
ACMCV means Association of Civil Marriage Celebrants of Victoria Incorporated.
Australian Celebrations Training means Australian Celebrations Training Pty Ltd (ACN 104 287 112).
CCN means Civil Celebrations Network.
Gordon Institute of TAFE means the Gordon Institute of Technical and Further Education (ABN 27 241 053 246).
Life Skills Training means Life Skills Training Pty Ltd (ACN 059 479 159).
Nepean Industry Edge Training means Nepean Industry Edge Training Pty Ltd (ACN 144 553 300).
QualTrain means QualTrain Australia Pty Ltd (ACN 622 208 182).
Regulations means the Marriage Regulations 2017.
Rose Training means Rose Training Australia Pty Ltd (ACN 605 893 810).
Part 2
Professional development activities
Part 2—Professional development activities
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List of professional development activities
5 List of professional development activities
(1) For the purposes of paragraph 53(3)(a) of the Regulations, Schedule 1 sets out a list of professional development activities for 2019.
(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.
Schedule 1
Professional development activities
Schedule 1—Professional development activities
Note: See section 5.
Schedule 2
Repeals
Schedule 2—Repeals
The Marriage (Celebrant Professional Development) Statement 2018
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The Marriage (Celebrant Professional Dev
The Marriage (Celebrant Professional Development) Statement 2018
The Marriage (Celebrant Professional Development) Statement 2018
1 The whole of the instrument
Repeal the instrument
Source text: opening excerpt
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Part 1 Preliminary
Part 1 Preliminary
1 Name
This instrument is the Marriage (Celebrant Professional Development) Statement 2019.
2 Commencement
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.
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.
3 Authority
This instrument is made under subsection 53(3) of the Marriage Regulations 2017.
4 Definitions
In this instrument:
ACQ means Alliance of Celebrants Queensland.
Activity 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.
AFCC means Australian Federation of Civil Celebrants.
AMC means Australian Marriage Celebrants Inc.
ACMCV means Association of Civil Marriage Celebrants of Victoria Incorporated.
Australian Celebrations Training means Australian Celebrations Training Pty Ltd (ACN 104 287 112).
CCN means Civil Celebrations Network.
Gordon Institute of TAFE means the Gordon Institute of Technical and Further Education (ABN 27 241 053 246).
Life Skills Training means Life Skills Training Pty Ltd (ACN 059 479 159).
Nepean Industry Edge Training means Nepean Industry Edge Training Pty Ltd (ACN 144 553 300).
QualTrain means QualTrain Australia Pty Ltd (ACN 622 208 182).
Regulations means the Marriage Regulations 2017.
Rose Training means Rose Training Australia Pty Ltd (ACN 605 893 810).
Part 2—Professional development activities
5 List of professional development activities
(1) For the purposes of paragraph 53(3)(a) of the Regulations, Schedule 1 sets out a list of professional development activities for 2019.
(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.
1 Name
1 Name
This instrument is the Marriage (Celebrant Professional Development) Statement 2019.
2 Commencement
2 Commencement
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.
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.
3 Authority
3 Authority
This instrument is made under subsection 53(3) of the Marriage Regulations 2017.
4 Definitions
4 Definitions
In this instrument:
ACQ means Alliance of Celebrants Queensland.
Activity 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.
AFCC means Australian Federation of Civil Celebrants.
AMC means Australian Marriage Celebrants Inc.
ACMCV means Association of Civil Marriage Celebrants of Victoria Incorporated.
Australian Celebrations Training means Australian Celebrations Training Pty Ltd (ACN 104 287 112).
CCN means Civil Celebrations Network.
Gordon Institute of TAFE means the Gordon Institute of Technical and Further Education (ABN 27 241 053 246).
Life Skills Training means Life Skills Training Pty Ltd (ACN 059 479 159).
Nepean Industry Edge Training means Nepean Industry Edge Training Pty Ltd (ACN 144 553 300).
QualTrain means QualTrain Australia Pty Ltd (ACN 622 208 182).
Regulations means the Marriage Regulations 2017.
Rose Training means Rose Training Australia Pty Ltd (ACN 605 893 810).
Part 2 Professional development activities
Part 2—Professional development activities
5 List of professional development activities
5 List of professional development activities
(1) For the purposes of paragraph 53(3)(a) of the Regulations, Schedule 1 sets out a list of professional development activities for 2019.
(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.
Schedule 1 Professional development activities
Schedule 1—Professional development activities
Note: See section 5.
1 List of professional development activities
1 List of professional development activities
For the purposes of section 5, the professional development activities are set out in Table 1 and Table 2 below. For the purposes of section 5(2), at least one activity in Table 1 must be completed.