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OPD Obligations
Changes taking place in the year 2010
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The OPD registration year is now from 1 January to 31 December each
year.
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You can repeat an activity you have previously completed within the
last five years.
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You are no longer required to send in an Annual Return. The panel of
OPD providers will provide the Registrar with details of marriage
celebrants satisfactorily completing OPD.
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The activities chosen by the celebrant must come from the list
available on the website of the Attorney-General.
OPD Obligations
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Marriage celebrants must undertake five hours of OPD each
registration year (1 January to 31 December).
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OPD consists of compulsory and elective activities.
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There will be one compulsory activity each year of one hour’s
duration.
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In addition to completing the compulsory activity each year, each
marriage celebrant will need to complete elective activities that
total a minimum of four hours.
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OPD activities must be selected from the activities that will be
listed on the website of the Attorney-General.
Panel of OPD providers
The
compulsory topics covered will be:
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Completing Statutory Declarations
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Documents to be completed by interpreters
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Record Keeping
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New Certificate of Divorce
In
previous years the training of the compulsory topic happened in the
classroom by providers. The distance education mode was provided by the
Marriage Celebrants’ Section free of charge.
From
2010 OPD year the compulsory topic is handled exclusively by OPD
providers and the Marriage Celebrants’ Section of the Attorney-General’s
Department no longer offer the distance education option. |