42Decision on application for exemption from registration application fee

42 Decision on application for exemption from registration application fee

(1) If a person applies under section 41 for an exemption from liability to pay the registration application fee, the Registrar of Marriage Celebrants must decide whether to grant the exemption.

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

(2) The Registrar may grant the exemption if the Registrar is satisfied that: (a) the applicant’s principal residential address is in a remote area; and (b) there is no more than one marriage celebrant whose principal residential address is in that remote area and has the same postcode as the applicant’s principal residential address.

Note: If the Registrar grants an applicant an exemption under this section in respect of an application made under subsection 39D(1) of the Act that results in the applicant becoming registered, the Registrar must exempt the applicant from liability to pay celebrant registration charge in respect of the financial year in which the applicant became registered (see section 45).

(3) The Registrar must, by written notice, inform the applicant of the Registrar’s decision to grant or refuse to grant the exemption within 21 days after receiving: (a) the application; or (b) if the Registrar has asked for additional information under subsection 41(3)—the additional information.

Note: See section 50 for internal review of the Registrar’s decision.