Publications

Public submissions to consultation on Establishment of an Accreditation Scheme for Children's Contact Services. Submissions have been omitted where consent to publish has not been granted.

Template for submissions to the consultation paper on a new decision-making framework for family law property matters.

Template for submissions to the consultation paper on establishing an accreditation scheme for Children’s Contact Services.

Each year we report on our performance. New reports are published as they become available.

Minutes from the Attorney-General's Department and Marriage Celebrant Associations/Networks Meeting on Tuesday 27 October 2020.

Provides information about how the Attorney-General's Department implements cost recovery for the regulation of marriage celebrants, reports financial and non-financial performance information and contains financial forecasts for 2020-21.

Minutes from the Attorney-General’s Department and Marriage Celebrant Associations/Networks Meeting on Tuesday 5 May 2020.

Minutes from the Attorney-General’s Department and Marriage Celebrant Associations/Networks Meeting on Monday 28 October 2019.

A sample document showing what a Certificate of Marriage for religious ceremonies looks like.

A sample document showing what a Certificate of Marriage for civil ceremonies looks like.

Template to be used for printing a Certificate of Marriage for Religious Ceremonies.

Template to be used for printing a Certificate of Marriage for Civil Ceremonies.

Minutes from the Attorney-General’s Department and Marriage Celebrant Associations/Networks Meeting on Tuesday, 21 May 2019.

Each year we report on our performance. New reports are published as they become available.

Australian Law Reform Commission, Review of the Family Law System; Family Law for the Future – An Inquiry into the Family Law System.

The Department of Social Services commissioned the Centre for Family Research and Evaluation to develop and trial a suitable, evidence-based tool to measure the impact and effectiveness of family dispute resolution (FDR) services for clients.

On 18 October 2018, an evaluation of the Family Advocacy and Support Services was finalised. The evaluation was conducted by Inside Policy Pty Ltd.

Parties to a marriage are required to give an authorised celebrant at least one month’s written notice prior to the solemnisation of their marriage. This fact sheet explains the meaning of one month as it applies to the Notice of Intended Marriage.

To be used by approved marriage celebrants. Under section 50(3) of the Marriage Act 1961, one of the official certificates of marriage shall be on the reverse side of the paper with the declaration of no legal impediment to marriage.