Coalition of Celebrant Associations

Australia’s Peak Celebrant Body

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Marriage Celebrants Programme statistics

Statistics contained in the following tables are drawn from the MarCel database and are accurate as at 14 April 2020 unless otherwise indicated.

Download:  Statistics for Associations - as at 14 April 2020.pdf

2020 05 A registrations

2020 05 B number of reg celebrants

2020 05 C applications

2020 05 D exemptions applications

2020 05 E exemptions annual feespng

2020 05 F exemptions applications categorypng

2020 05 G deregistrations

2020 05 H inquiries

2020 05 J OPD

*A celebrant will automatically be exempted from OPD in the first calendar year of their registration if they were awarded a Certificate IV in Celebrancy qualification within 12 months of their registration date (Regulation 54).

Reasons for OPD Exemptions

The Registrar of Marriage Celebrants may grant an OPD exemption when:

  • exceptional circumstances (eg due to illness or other personal reasons) means the celebrant is unable to complete OPD during the year, or
  • a new celebrant’s registration falls late in the OPD year such that it is not feasible to complete OPD that year.

A celebrant will automatically be exempted from OPD in the first calendar year of their registration if they were awarded a Certificate IV in Celebrancy qualification within 12 months of their registration date.

2020 05 K complaints

Statutory complaints are those that meet the criteria set out in the Marriage Regulations 2017. This includes that the complaint must relate to the solemnisation of the marriage. From 1 July 2015, the department has regarded a complaint as being about the solemnisation of marriage where the matter complained of concerns a legal obligation or requirement contained in Division 2, Part IV of the Marriage Act 1961. Before 1 July 2015, any conduct occurring during the marriage ceremony was considered to relate to the solemnisation of marriage.

Non-statutory complaints are complaints about marriage celebrants that do not meet the criteria in the Marriage Regulations. From 1 July 2015, these include complaints about possible conflicts of interest or benefits to business.

 

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