THE FINE PRINT (Service Agreement)

The Parties and the Celebrant agree to the terms and conditions set out below in this document.

Celebrant will:

1. Provide Registered Marriage Celebrant services to the Marrying Couple (the Parties) in accordance with her Code of Practice.

2. Attend and conduct the marriage ceremony at the agreed time, date and place.

3. If unable to conduct the ceremony for any reason, the parties will be advised as soon as practicable and all reasonable efforts will be made by the Celebrant to arrange for the ceremony to be completed by another registered marriage celebrant.

4. If unable to perform the marriage ceremony the Celebrant will:-

(a) Refund to the parties the booking fee; and

(b) Pass the Notice of Intended Marriage to the replacement marriage celebrant, in a timely and appropriate manner.

Fees:

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

(a) Booking fee at time of lodging the Notice of Intended Marriage;

(b) Balance of fee in clear funds by direct deposit to Celebrant’s nominated bank account no later than 21 days prior to the wedding day; Or

(d) If full payment has not been made to the Celebrant in accordance with these terms then the Celebrant will not attend the ceremony.

Documentation:

6. The Celebrant must be provided with all original documentation requested no later than 48 hours prior to the wedding day, including any accredited translation documentation requested by the Celebrant.If the Parties fail to provide all documentation requested to the Celebrant no later than 48 hours prior to the wedding day, the Celebrant will not attend the ceremony.

Timing and Changes:

7. The Parties must endeavour to provide the Celebrant with accurate information, and acknowledge that the penalty for making a false declaration is four years imprisonment. The NOIM papers and Marriage will be invalid if inaccurate information is obtained.

Timing and Changes:

8. If the ceremony is to be changed to the alternative venue due to inclement weather on the day of the wedding, then one of the Parties is to inform the Celebrant personally by telephone (not via email or text message), no less than 3 hours prior to the ceremony to ensure the Celebrant has sufficient time to travel to the alternative venue. If this is not pursued by the Parties, the celebrant cannot be held responsible for being late if that is, indeed the case.

9. If the Celebrant is unable to perform the marriage ceremony for any reason and a replacement celebrant is provided, all original documents (birth certificate, passport, divorce/death certificates and drivers licence etc) must also be sighted by the replacement celebrant prior to the ceremony (arranged by the new celebrant and the Parties).

10. Where the Celebrant experiences problems on their way to the wedding e.g. traffic jam, flat tyre, car accident, the Celebrant will incur the costs for alternative arrangements e.g. taxi in order to get to the venue as soon as possible. The Parties acknowledge that such things can happen from time to time and that the Celebrant will contact the Parties where practicable and the Celebrant will venture to organise appropriate alternative travel arrangements, so as to arrive at the wedding 20 minutes prior to the ceremony. The Celebrant will not be held responsible or liable for such events, if by chance, they occur

Cancellation:

11. Notice of cancellation of ceremony must be given by the parties to the Celebrant in writing at least 21 days in advance of the booked wedding date and the Celebrant will retain the non-refundable booking fee.

12. In the event that the ceremony is delayed more than 30 minutes beyond the agreed starting time of the Parties ceremony ie. If either Parties have not arrived or the ceremony cannot proceed for any reason outside the Celebrant’s control

(a) The Celebrant reserves the right to proceed to their next commitment.

(b) The Celebrant remains at the venue 30 minutes after the agreed starting time, the Parties

agree to pay $60 for every 30 minutes of waiting time if the ceremony is delayed.

In the event of the above occurrence of (a), the Parties may liaise with the Celebrant to mutually agree on a later time and place for the Celebrant to solemnise the marriage for an extra fee, payable in advance.

13. If the ceremony is delayed through no fault of the Celebrant, which results in the Celebrant incurring extra charges such as parking fees, the Parties will pay the Celebrant’s further costs.

14. It is the celebrant’s right and responsibility to refuse to Solemnise the marriage of the Parties in a location or under conditions that the Celebrant deems an actual or potential health and safety risk to the Celebrant, others and/or the Celebrant’s equipment arranged for use during the ceremony (e.g. natural disasters or other dangerous extreme circumstances).

Intoxication and Medications:

15. The parties are not to arrive at the ceremony appearing to be inebriated or under the influence of any other substance, otherwise the Celebrant is lawfully not authorised to solemnise the marriage; and Judgment as to inebriation or the Parties being under the influence of alcohol or any other substance is at the Celebrant’s sole judgment.

16. The Celebrant must be advised as soon as practicable if either of them is taking prescribed medication which may change their demeanour on their wedding day.

Witnesses:

17. Two official witnesses must be aged 18 or over and appear sober and not under the influence of any other substance in the sole judgment of the Celebrant, otherwise alternative official witnesses must be used.

PA System:

18. The use of the Celebrant’s PA system is subject to favourable weather conditions and will not be used in any circumstances where the PA unit may be exposed to harm, either by persons or the elements. Judgement to be at the Celebrant’s sole discretion.

19. Where the Celebrant’s PA system is used, the Celebrant undertakes to use their best endeavours to ensure that the PA is fully charged, functional and tested prior to the ceremony, however the Parties acknowledged that inanimate equipment may malfunction from time to time and should the PA fail at any time prior, during, or after the ceremony, the Celebrant will not be held responsible.

20. Where the Celebrant’s PA system is used, and damaged by no fault of the Celebrant e.g. microphone dropped by bridal party or guest performing a reading, or through use of a Party’s/guest’s iPod for music, the couple will incur all associated costs involved in fixing or replacing the damaged item.

21. The Parties acknowledge that it is their responsibility to purchase and provide all items required for the ceremony e.g. Music and symbolic ceremonies/rituals, and the Parties are required to bring all relevant items to the rehearsal and on the wedding day.

Obligations:

22. The Celebrant has explained the legal requirements for entering into a marriage, and the parties must agree to comply with their obligations as requested by the Celebrant, If this is not understood in any way the Parties must make this known to the Celebrant on reading these Terms and Conditions.

23. Contact details of the Parties are to be kept current throughout the ceremony process and on their Wedding Day. It is the Parties responsibility to notify the Celebrant in writing if they have moved address, changed their phone number, or email address etc.

24. The Parties acknowledge that the Celebrant has explained, and they understand, the legal requirements for entering into a valid marriage, and that they agree to comply with their obligations as requested by the Celebrant

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