Agreement

This service agreement sets out the terms and conditions of your booking. The purpose is not to bind you in any way, but to make sure that we are both aware of the expectations and legal consequences of your ceremony.

 The celebrant agrees to:

 Provide celebrant services to the Parties in accordance with the Code of Practice for marriage celebrants.

 Prepare the scripts, certificates, and relevant declarations.

 Conduct the marriage ceremony at the agreed time, date, and place.

 If the celebrant is unable to conduct the ceremony for any reason:

a)     the parties will be advised as soon as possible

b)     all reasonable efforts will be made by the celebrant to arrange for the ceremony to be completed by another registered marriage celebrant.

c)     the Celebrant will make every effort to pass the Notice of Intended Marriage to the replacement marriage celebrant in a timely and appropriate manner, and

d)     any refund or part refund of fees paid by the Parties to the Celebrant will be made in accordance with the terms and conditions on the Celebrant’s invoice.

The Parties agree to and acknowledge that:

 The fee has been quoted based on the information provided by the parties. If circumstances change (including location or style of ceremony), additional fees may be incurred.

 The Celebrant’s fee must be paid in accordance with the invoice provided, namely:

a)     Lodgment fee within 7 days of invoice 


b)     Balance by direct deposit to the nominated bank account no later than 14 days prior to the wedding day.

c)     NOTE: If full payment has not been made to the Celebrant in accordance with these terms, then the Celebrant has the right to withdraw their services.

 The Celebrant will be provided with all original documentation requested no later than 48 hours prior to the wedding day, including any accredited translation documentation, if required.

 The celebrant will be advised immediately of any change to the time, date or place of the marriage ceremony. The Celebrant reserves the right to terminate the agreement and retain the lodgment fee should he/she be unable to conduct the ceremony due to the change.

 Where the booking is cancelled, the Celebrant reserves the right to retain the lodgment fee, plus a portion of the balance, if the scripting and other ceremony preparation have been undertaken. 


 Should either of the parties to the marriage, or their witnesses, be intoxicated or affected by substances impairing their judgment (including prescribed medication), the ceremony cannot proceed as a wedding ceremony. A commitment ceremony can be performed; however, the wedding ceremony will need to take place at a later time, and at an additional cost.

 The celebrant reserves the right to refuse to conduct the ceremony if he or she determines that the site is unsafe for the people in attendance.

 If a replacement marriage celebrant is required, the replacement celebrant is required to sight all original documents that the first Celebrant sighted, as well as witness the parties sign the Declarations of no legal impediment to marriage, even if this means the Parties need to sign these declarations for a second time. 


 If the replacement marriage celebrant is not able to sight the required original documentation, the marriage cannot be solemnised, and a commitment ceremony may be offered instead, with the marriage being solemnised at a later time once all original documents have been sighted.