45Automatic exemption from first year of celebrant registration charge—person exempt from registration application fee

45 Automatic exemption from first year of celebrant registration charge—person exempt from registration application fee

The Registrar of Marriage Celebrants must exempt a person from liability to pay celebrant registration charge in respect of a financial year if the person: (a) became registered as a marriage celebrant in the financial year; and (b) was granted an exemption under section 42 from liability to pay a registration application fee in respect of the application that resulted in the person becoming registered.

Note 1: See paragraph 39FA(3)(a) of the Act.

Note 2: It is not necessary for a person to apply to the Registrar in order to receive an exemption under this section.