39Qualifications and skills required of a marriage celebrant

39 Qualifications and skills required of a marriage celebrant

(1) For the purposes of paragraph 39C(1)(b) of the Act, a determination by the Registrar of Marriage Celebrants must: (a) provide that it is necessary for a person to have a Certificate IV in Celebrancy, a celebrancy qualification or celebrancy skills; and (b) if the Registrar considers that it is necessary for registration as a marriage celebrant that a Certificate IV in Celebrancy include certain units and use certain materials—specify those units and materials; and (c) if the Registrar considers that it is necessary for registration as a marriage celebrant that a celebrancy qualification include certain units and use certain materials—specify those units and materials; and (d) specify that a celebrancy qualification must be awarded by a university specified in the determination. (2) A Certificate IV in Celebrancy is a qualification with that name that: (a) is awarded by a registered training organisation or NVR registered training organisation (both within the meaning of the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011); and (b) includes each unit, and uses all the materials, specified in the determination. (3) A celebrancy qualification is a celebrancy qualification (however described) that: (a) is awarded by a university specified in the determination; and (b) includes each unit, and uses all the materials, specified in the determination. (4) Celebrancy skills are: (a) fluency in an Indigenous language; and (b) the ability to liaise with the following in planning a marriage ceremony: (i) clients; (ii) other members of the Indigenous community, if appropriate; and (c) the ability to conduct a marriage ceremony and to complete and deal with the required documentation in accordance with the Act and this instrument; and (d) the ability to communicate effectively. (5) The Registrar must publish the determination on the internet and in any other way the Registrar considers appropriate.