Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Section 4 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 applies in relation to the provisions that are to come into operation on a date to be fixed by Proclamation as if those provisions were an Act.
(2) For the purpose of enabling marriages to be solemnised in Australia in accordance with Division 2 of Part IV from the commencement of this Act:
(a) a notice of intention to marry may be given, and a declaration may be made, under section 42;
(b) any consent to the marriage of a minor required by Part II may be given; and
(c) any power conferred on a prescribed authority may be exercised;
at any time after the day on which the Proclamation under section 2 has been published in the Gazette and before the commencement of this Act, as if the provisions of this Act to which the Proclamation relates had come into operation on that day.
(3) For the purposes of the operation of subsection (2), any person who is authorised under a law of a State or Territory to solemnise marriages shall be deemed to be an authorised celebrant.