Marriage Amendment (Celebrant Administration and Fees) Bill 2013 and the Marriage (Celebrant Registration Charge) Bill 2013
Information about the Inquiry
On 21 March 2013 the Senate jointly referred the Marriage (Celebrant Registration Charge) Bill 2013 and the Marriage Amendment (Celebrant Administration and Fees) Bill 2013 for inquiry and report.
Both bills seek to implement a 2011-12 Budget measure, to introduce cost recovery for Commonwealth-registered marriage celebrants from 1 July 2013. The Marriage Amendment (Celebrant Administration and Fees) Bill 2013 also makes minor amendments to the administration of the Marriage Celebrants Program.
Please note that the terms of reference for this inquiry are the provisions of the bills. The committee will not be focussing on broader issues which fall outside the scope of these bills.
Submissions should be received by 26 April 2013. The reporting date is 18 June 2013.
The Committee is seeking written submissions from interested individuals and organisations preferably in electronic form submitted online or sent by email to legcon.sen@aph.gov.au as an attached Adobe PDF or MS Word format document. The email must include full postal address and contact details.
Alternatively, written submissions may be sent to:
Committee Secretary
Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia
Notes to help you prepare your submission are available from the website at https://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/wit_sub/index.htm. Alternatively, the Committee Secretariat will be able to help you with your inquiries and can be contacted on telephone +61 2 6277 3560 or facsimile +61 2 6277 5794 or by email to legcon.sen@aph.gov.au.
Inquiries from hearing and speech impaired people should be directed to Parliament House TTY number 02 6277 7799. Adobe also provides tools at http://access.adobe.com/ for the blind and visually impaired to access PDF documents. If you require any special arrangements to enable you to participate in the Committee's inquiry, please contact the Committee Secretariat.
Once the Committee accepts your submission, it becomes a confidential Committee document and is protected by Parliamentary Privilege. You must not release your submission without the Committee's permission. If you do, it will not be protected by Parliamentary Privilege. At some stage during the inquiry, the Committee normally makes submissions public and places them on its website. Please indicate if you want your submission to be kept confidential.
For further information, contact: Committee Secretary
Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia