As an authorised marriage celebrant, I must operate and comply with the below framework and legisations’s.

• Marriage Act 1961 and Marriage Regulations 2017

• Migration Act 1958

• Privacy Act 1988

• Copyright Act 1965

• Age Discrimination Act 2004

• Disability Discrimination Act 1992

• Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986

• Sex Discrimination Act 1984

• Competition and Consumer Act (replaces the Trade Practices Act) 2010

Information on these can be found on the Australian Government website and information on the Commonwealth Marriage Celebrant’s Program can be found at www.ag.gov.au/FamiliesAndMarriage/Marriage/

As your celebrant, I need to provide you with the following information:

• Information on how to make a complaint against a marriage celebrant, this link explains it all:
  https://www.ag.gov.au/families-and-marriage/marriage/complain-about-marriage-celebrant

• a copy of the Attorney General’s “Happily ever…before and after” brochure which can be found at: https://www.ag.gov.au/families-and-marriage/publications/happily-ever-and-after

Professionally, I am required to comply with the Celebrants Code of Practice.

https://www.ag.gov.au/families-and-marriage/publications/code-practice-marriage-celebrants