TL;DR: As of now, today, 12th of June 2024, remote witnessing of the Notice of Intended Marriage (NOIM) is made permanent by Commonwealth law.

Remote witnessing of the NOIM is law

It's finally happened! After many months and a LOT of work, remote witnessing has been made permanent by the Royal Assent of the Attorney-General's Portfolio Miscellaneous Measures Bill 2023. As of today, right now, all Commonwealth Marriage Celebrants can once again witness signatures on the Notice of Intended Marriage via Zoom or other video conferencing platforms like FaceTime, Google Meet, Skype, WebEx, and others.

But there's more

That's not the only change this legislation has created.

There are other changes, some of which will significantly impact the way we work and Sarah has written about them before.

🎥 Webinar to learn about new changes to the Marriage Act

If you want to hear Sarah Aird discuss the changes to the Marriage Act including the remote witnessing, the separate meetings now required, and to explain how they'll work in practice, come along to one of the Zoom webinar sessions the Celebrant Institute is running:

💻 Webinar details

• Dates: Thursday 13th and Tuesday 18th of June 2024
• Time: 7pm AEST
• Place: Zoom, over the internet, Zoom client software required
• Cost: $10

🎟️ Buy webinar ticket

After your ticket has been purchased look out for an email with the Zoom links for each session, and you can attend whichever one you prefer, or both.

The Marriage Act changes training session will be recorded, which you'll be able to watch afterwards for $10.

🙋🏼‍♀️ Any questions about the changes to the marriage laws, notices of intent, and the new required meetings can be submitted to celebrant.institute/ask

🎙️ Podcast

There's an episode of the Celebrant Talk Show podcast coming in minutes that goes into detail on the marriage law changes enacted today, search for 'Celebrant Talk Show' or find the links to listen at celebrant.fm

While we've got your attention ...

📱 Instagram Mythbusting Webinar

And if you're in a learning mood, on Wednesday July 3rd at 7pm the Celebrant Institute is hosting an Instagram myth-busting and learning webinar session for celebrants who want to increase their reach and engagement on Instagram and social media.

The webinar is with Edwin Smith from The Social Sandwich, an organic social media growth expert. You've seen his work before if you've ever followed The Voice, Love Island, Network 10, Survivor, I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here, The Bachelor, The Bachelorette, Shark Tank, Supercars and Big Bash League on social media.

🎟️ Tickets are $40, or $20 for Celebrant Institute Members - more information and tickets.

This session will be live on the 3rd of July, answering questions submitted by attendees and at this stage will not be offered for later viewing.

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