46Automatic exemption from celebrant registration charge—person resigns as a marriage celebrant etc.

46 Automatic exemption from celebrant registration charge—person resigns as a marriage celebrant etc.

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) has not paid the charge; and (b) notifies the Registrar, after the start of the financial year and before the end of the charge payment day, that the person: (i) no longer wishes to be registered as a marriage celebrant; or (ii) has become a minister of religion of a recognised denomination.

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.