Section
39G (a) of the Marriage Act 1961 states that a marriage
celebrant must:
Conduct himself or herself in accordance
with the Code of Practice for marriage celebrants prescribed
by regulations made for the purposes of this paragraph
Code number 6 in the celebrant Code of Practice
states:
A marriage celebrant must:
a) Maintain an up-to-date knowledge about
appropriate family relationships services in the community;
and
b) Inform parties about the range of information
and services available to them to enhance, and sustain them
throughout their, relationship.
Marriage celebrants are also required to
give couples intending to marry, a brochure entitled “Happily
Ever- Before and After”. A supply of these brochures
are provided free of charge by the Government printer –
CanPrint Communications https://secure.canprint.com.au/publicationsales/productline.php/0003.html
The
brochure contains information about services that’s
can help couples:
Before Marriage – Marriage Education
During Marriage – Family Counselling/Family Dispute
Resolution
After Breakdown of Marriage – Family Counselling/Family
Dispute Resolution.
A
list of agencies which run marriage education programs can
be obtained from the Family Relationships website www.familyrelationships.gov.au
