Statutory Rules 1986 No. 2271
Marriage Regulations2 (Amendment)
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Marriage Act 1961.
Dated 27 August 1986.
N. M. STEPHEN
Governor-General
By His Excellency’s Command,
Lionel Bowen
Attorney-General
Interpretation
1. Regulation 4 of the Marriage Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (1) the definitions of “bachelor” and “spinster”.
First Schedule
2. The First Schedule to the Marriage Regulations is amended—
(a) by omitting from Form 13 “bachelor, spinster” and substituting “never validly married”;
(b) by omitting from Form 14 “ ‘bachelor’, ‘spinster’ ” and substituting “ ‘person who has never been validly married’ ”;
(c) by omitting from Form 14a “pre-marital” (wherever occurring) and substituting “marriage”;
(d) by omitting from Form 17 “bachelor, spinster” and substituting “never validly married”;
(e) by omitting from Form 21—
“†Father’s domicile at the time of his marriage to the mother of the child
†Facts relied on as establishing Father’s domicile”
and substituting—
“†Father’s/Mother’s domicile at the time of his/her marriage to the other parent of the child
†Facts relied on as establishing Father’s/Mother’s domicile”;
and
(S.R. 223/86)—Cat. No. 12/29.7.1986
(f) by omitting from Form 22—
“‡Father’s domicile at time of his marriage to mother of the child
‡Facts relied on as establishing domicile”
and substituting—
“‡Father’s/Mother’s domicile at the time of his/her marriage to the other parent of the child
‡Facts relied on as establishing Father’s/Mother’s domicile”.
Second Schedule
3. The Second Schedule to the Marriage Regulations is amended by omitting—
“Any place in the State of Queensland | The district registrar for the registry district under The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages Act, 1962, of that State that includes the place” |
and substituting—
“Any place in the State of Queensland | The Registrar-General for that State”. |
Fifth Schedule
4. The Fifth Schedule to the Marriage Regulations is amended—
(a) by omitting from Item 4 “8.00” and substituting “10.00”;
(b) by omitting from Item 5 “5.00” and substituting “6.00”;
(c) by omitting from Item 10 “8.00” and substituting “10.00”;
(d) by omitting from Item 11 “10.00” and substituting “15.00”;
(e) by omitting from paragraph (a) in Item 12a “1.50” and substituting “2.00”;
(f) by omitting from paragraph (a) in Item 12b “1.50” and substituting “2.00”;
(g) by omitting from Item 14 “5.00” and substituting “10.00”; and
(h) by omitting from Item 15 “5.00” and substituting “10.00”.
Sixth Schedule
5. The Sixth Schedule to the Marriage Regulations is amended by omitting—
“Queensland | Registrar-General |
| Deputy Registrar-General |
| Senior Clerk, Registrar-General’s Office” |
and substituting— “Queensland | Registrar-General |
| Deputy Registrar-General |
| Senior Clerk, Registrar-General’s Office |
| Assistant Registrar, Registrar-General’s Office |
| Registration Officer, Registrar-General’s Office |
| Supervisor (Counter and Enquiries), Registrar-General’s Office |