includes Minister, Head of Mission and

Charge dAffaires

.

means an organisation approved or deemed to be approved under Part IA.

means an organization approved or deemed to be approved under Part IA.

includes:

(a) artificial insemination; and

(b) the implantation of an embryo in the body of a woman.

includes Norfolk Island.

means a person appointed to hold or act in any of the following offices of the Commonwealth in a country or place outside Australia:

(a) Consul‐General;

(b) Consul;

(c) Vice‐Consul;

means:

(a) a minister of religion registered under Subdivision A of Division 1 of Part IV; or

(b) a person authorised to solemnise marriages by virtue of Subdivision B of Division 1 of Part IV; or

means:

(a) a minister of religion registered under Subdivision A of Division 1 of Part IV; or

(b) a person authorized to solemnize marriages by virtue of Subdivision B of Division 1 of Part IV; or

: see subsection 39FA(1).

means a in the Defence Force.

: see subsection 39FA(2).

includes General, Vice, Pro and ar Agent.

, in relation to an overseas country, means a person recognized by the Government of the Commonwealth as a diplomatic or consular representative of that overseas country in Australia.

, in relation to the performance of a function under this Act in a State or Territory, means a person who is:

, in relation to a marriage solemnized in a foreign country, means the law in force in the foreign country or in that part of the foreign country in which the marriage was solemnized.

means:

(a) in relation to a Statea person who holds office as a Chief, Police, Stipendiary, Resident or Special Magistrate of the State and in respect of whom an appropriate arrangement in force under section 9 is applicable; and

means the union of a man and a woman to the exclusion of all others, voluntarily entered into for life.

means a person registered under Subdivision C of Division 1 of Part IV.

means a person registered or licensed as a under a law of a State or Territory that provides for the registration or licensing of s but does not include a person so registered or licensed:

means:

(a) a person recognized by a religious body or a religious organization as having authority to solemnize marriages in accordance with the rites or customs of the body or organization; or