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Deaths and Marriages Act 1997, part 5A (Registration of civil unions);
(d) whether the person is or has been an undischarged bankrupt or has executed a personal insolvency agreement;
(e) whether the person has a physical or mental incapacity that may affect the exercise of the person’s functions as a civil union celebrant.
(5) In deciding whether a person is a suitable person to be a civil union celebrant, the registrar-general may have regard to anything else the registrar-general considers relevant.
14B Register of civil union celebrants
(1) The registrar-general must keep a register of people registered as civil union celebrants under this Act.
(2) The register may be kept in any form, including electronically, that the registrar-general decides.
(3) The register must include the following information for each person registered as a civil union celebrant:
(a) the person’s full name;
(b) the person’s address and contact details;
(c) the date the person was registered;
(d) if the person’s registration is cancelled or the person otherwise ceases to be registered—the date the registration ceases.
(4) The register may also include any other information the registrar-general considers appropriate.
(5) The register must be available for public inspection at reasonable times.
(6) However, a person’s address and contact details and any other information included in the register about the person under subsection (4) must only be available for public inspection if the person consents.
14C Cancellation of registration
The registrar-general may cancel a person’s registration as a civil union celebrant if the registrar-general considers that the person does not satisfy, or no longer satisfies, the criteria for registration under section 14A (2).
14D Review of decisions
Application may be made to the administrative appeals tribunal for review of a decision of the registrar-general—
(a) to refuse to register a person as a civil union celebrant under section 14A; or
(b) to cancel a person’s registration as a civil union celebrant under section 14C.
14E Notice of reviewable decisions
(1) If the registrar-general makes a decision mentioned in section 14D, the
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