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Under the marriage Act 1961 there
are certain obligations that you, as a couple intending to get
married, must meet prior to a marriage ceremony being solemnised:
A Notice of intended Marriage (NOIM) must be lodged with your
Marriage Celebrant no less than one month and one day and no more
than eighteen months prior to the marriage being solemnised.
A shortening of time can happen
in certain circumstances. Discuss this with your Celebrant who will
advise you.
Under normal circumstances the
Notice of Intended Marriage would be completed at your first meeting
with your Civil Marriage Celebrant, or certainly before the marriage
can be solemnised and within the above requirements.
You are required to produce your original Birth Certificate, or
authorised extract of such certificate. Persons born in Australia
MUST produce their birth certificates. And a passport if
they have one.
Persons born outside Australia are also required to produce birth
certificates. However, in the absence of that document they can
produce their Passport.
In the case of persons previously married a copy of the Decree
Absolute or Death Certificate, whichever is applicable, must be
produced.
Prior to your wedding both partners will be required to sign a
declaration, under the Marriage Act 1961, stating that you believe
there is no legal impediment to the marriage between yourself and
your partner.
Under the marriage Act 1961 two persons under the age of the
eighteen cannot marry, any person under eighteen must obtain
parental consent and approval of a court of law. Feel free to talk
to your celebrant about this.
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