57Application for exemption from undertaking professional development activities

57 Application for exemption from undertaking professional development activities

(1) A person may apply in writing to the Registrar of Marriage Celebrants for an exemption from subsection 53(1) for a calendar year if the person believes that he or she has not been or will not be able to comply with that subsection for the year because of exceptional circumstances.

Note: See section 39G of the Act.

(2) The application must: (a) be made during the calendar year; and (b) explain the exceptional circumstances; and (c) be accompanied by: (i) any information or documents that may assist the Registrar to decide whether to grant the exemption; and (ii) the professional development 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 (5) The application is taken to have been withdrawn if the applicant does not provide the additional information within: (a) the specified period; or (b) if the Registrar allows a longer period by written notice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.