This instrument is the Marriage (Celebrant Professional Development) Statement 2026.

(1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provisions	Commencement	Date/Details
1. The whole of this instrument	The day after this instrument is registered.

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3 Authority

This instrument is made under subsection 53(3) of the Marriage Regulations 2017.

4 Schedules

Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

5 Definitions

In this instrument:

Regulations means the Marriage Regulations 2017.

6 Professional Development Activities

(1) For the purposes of paragraph 53(3)(a) of the Regulations, a professional development activity set out in an item in the following table is listed for the calendar year beginning on 1 January 2026.

(2) For the purposes of subparagraph 53(1)(b)(ii) of the Regulations, the provider for the professional development activity is set out in column 4 of that item.

(3) For the purposes of paragraph 53(3)(b) of the Regulations, the professional development activities set out in items 1 and 2 of the following table are compulsory for that year.

Professional development activities
Item	Activity name	Code	Length in minutes	Provider
1	Separate Meetings — Compulsory	26AGD001	45	Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department
2	Knowledge of the Law (No 1) — Compulsory	26AGD002	75	Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department
3	Knowledge of the Law (No 2) — Additional	26AGD003	60	Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department
4	Real Consent — Additional	26AGD004	60	Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department
5	Offences Relevant to Marriage Celebrants — Additional	26AGD005	60	Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department

Schedule 1—Repeals

Marriage (Celebrant Professional Development) Statement 2025

1 The whole of the instrument

Repeal the instrument