REGISTRARS OF MARRIAGES AND MARRIAGE OFFICERS (VALIDATION)

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REGISTRARS OF MARRIAGES AND MARRIAGE OFFICERS (VALIDATION)

CHAPTER 121

REGISTRARS OF MARRIAGES AND MARRIAGE OFFICERS (VALIDATION)

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS SECTION 1. Short title. 2. Validation of appointment of marriage officers, etc., made under s. 6 of Ch. 120. 3. Acts of marriage officers, etc. valid.

REGISTRARS OF MARRIAGES AND MARRIAGE OFFICERS (VALIDATION)

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REGISTRARS OF MARRIAGES AND MARRIAGE OFFICERS (VALIDATION).

An Act to validate the designation of certain registrars of marriage and the appointment of certain marriage officers.

[Commencement 11th May, 1987] WHEREAS the power to designate persons to be

registrars of marriages and to make appointments of marriage officers under section 6 of the Marriage Act (Chapter 120) was, prior to the 9th July, 1974 vested in the Governor:

AND WHEREAS the said section 6 was by the Existing Laws Amendment Order, 1974 repealed and replaced by a new section 6:

AND WHEREAS by the aforesaid new section 6 the power to designate registrars of marriages and to make appointments of marriage officers is vested in the Minister responsible for the Registry of Records:

AND WHEREAS the aforesaid Order came into operation on the 9th day of July, 1974:

AND WHEREAS between the 9th day of July, 1974 and the 30th day of November, 1986 designations of registrars of marriages and appointments of marriage officers were made by the Governor-General:

AND WHEREAS it is deemed necessary to validate the said designations and appointments of persons which were made by the Governor-General during the aforesaid period:

1. This Act may be cited as the Registrars of Marriages and Marriage Officers (Validation) Act.

2. Notwithstanding any other enactment every desig- nation of a registrar of marriages and every appointment of a marriage officer made by the Governor-General between the 9th day of July, 1974 and the 30th day of November, 1986 shall be deemed to be valid as if made by the Minister responsible for the Registry of Records.

1 of 1987

Short title.

Validation of appointment of marriage officers, etc., made under section 6 of Ch. 120.

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3. For the removal of doubt, any act carried out by a person who between the 9th day of July, 1974 and the 30th day of November, 1986 was designated or appointed by the Governor-General as a registrar of marriages or a marriage officer which would have been valid but for the fact of such designation or appointment, shall be deemed to have been lawfully and validly carried out by such person.

Acts of marriage officers, etc. valid.