Marriage equality

Attachment 2: 

​Relevant Sections of Sections 31 and 33 of the Marriage Act 
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Section 31 Applicant may be refused registration in certain circumstances

1. A Registrar to whom an application for registration under this Subdivision is made may refuse to register the applicant if, in the opinion of the Registrar:
   
   a) there are already registered under this Subdivision sufficient  ministers of religion of the denomination to which the applicant belongs to meet the needs of the denomination in the locality in which the applicant resides
   
   b) the applicant is not a fit and proper person to solemnise marriages; or
   
   ​c) the applicant is unlikely to devote a substantial part of his or her time to the performance of functions generally performed by a minister of religion.

 
Section 33 (1) Removal from register

1. Subject to this section, a Registrar shall remove the name of a person from the register kept by that Registrar if he or she is satisfied that:
   
   a)  that person has requested that his or her name be so removed
   
   b)  that person has died;
   
   c)  the denomination by which that person was nominated for registration, or in respect of which that person is registered, no longer desires that that person be registered under this Subdivision or has ceased to be a recognised denomination;
   
   d) that person:
   
   i) is not a fit and proper person to solemnise marriages; or
   
   ii) has been making a business of solemnising marriages for the purpose of profit or gain; or
   
   iii) has been guilty of such contraventions of this Act or the regulations as to show him or her not to be a fit and proper person to be registered under this Subdivision;
   
   ​e) that person is, for any other reason, not entitled to registration under this Subdivision.

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