41Application for exemption from registration application fee

41 Application for exemption from registration application fee

(1) A person may apply in writing to the Registrar of Marriage Celebrants for an exemption from liability to pay the registration application fee if the person believes that the grounds specified in paragraphs 42(2)(a) and (b) might apply in relation to the person.

Note: See paragraph 39D(1C)(a) of the Act.

(2) The application must: (a) be made before the person applies to be registered as a marriage celebrant; and (b) be accompanied by: (i) any information or documents that may assist the Registrar to decide whether to grant the exemption; and (ii) the registration exemption application fee. (3) The Registrar may, by written notice, ask the applicant to give the Registrar additional information, within a specified period, to assist the Registrar to decide whether to grant the exemption. (4) If the Registrar asks the applicant to give additional information under subsection (3), the Registrar is not required to consider the application while waiting for the information to be given. (5) The application is taken to have been withdrawn if the applicant does not provide the additional information within: (a) the specified period; or (b) if the Registrar allows a longer period by written notice given to the applicant—that period.