Page 1644 - Week 05 - Thursday, 11 May 2006
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Clause 11.
MR CORBELL (Molonglo—Attorney-General, Minister for Police and Emergency Services and Minister for Planning) (10.06): I seek leave to move amendments Nos 6 to 8 circulated in my name together.
Leave granted.
MR CORBELL: I move amendments Nos 6 to 8 circulated in my name together [see schedule 3 at page 1668]. These amendments all replace references to “authorised celebrant” with the words “civil union celebrant”. They are made as a consequence of the inclusion of a new part 2A in the bill which provides a separate ACT registration scheme for civil union celebrants.
Amendments agreed to.
Clause 11, as amended, agreed to.
Clauses 12 to 14, by leave, taken together and agreed to.
Proposed new part 2A.
MR CORBELL (Molonglo—Attorney-General, Minister for Police and Emergency Services and Minister for Planning) (10.07): I move amendment No 9 circulated in my name to insert a new part 2A, which includes new clauses 14A to 14E [see schedule 3 at page 1669].
This is the last substantive government amendment. Amendment 9 inserts a new part 2A in the bill to provide a separate scheme for the registration of civil union celebrants. This will replace the current provision of the bill that proposed that authorised celebrants under the commonwealth Marriage Act perform these functions. As I have already indicated earlier in the debate, these amendments are being made in recognition of the commonwealth’s stated wish to regulate the activities of marriage celebrants registered under commonwealth law. Registration of ACT civil union celebrants will be a function of the registrar-general, and before registering a person as a civil union celebrant the registrar-general must be satisfied that the person has the necessary knowledge and skills or experience to exercise the functions of a civil union celebrant and that they are a suitable person to be registered.
Proposed new part 2A agreed to.
Remainder of bill, by leave, taken as a whole.
MR CORBELL (Molonglo—Attorney-General, Minister for Police and Emergency Services and Minister for Planning) (10.08): I seek leave to move amendments Nos 10 to 63 circulated in my name together.
Leave granted.
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