Marriage (Recognised Denominations) Proclamation 2007 Marriage Act 1961
I, PROFESSOR MARIE BASHIR, AC, CVO, Administrator of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make this Proclamation under section 26 of the Marriage Act 1961. Signed and sealed with the
Great Seal of Australia
on 4 October 2007 MARIE BASHIR Administrator By Her Excellency’s Command PHILIP RUDDOCK Attorney-General
     
1              Name of Proclamation                 This Proclamation is the Marriage (Recognised Denominations) Proclamation 2007.
2              Commencement                 This Proclamation commences on the day after it is registered.
3              Revocation of previous Proclamation                 The Marriage (Recognised Denominations) Proclamation 2006 is revoked.
4              Declaration of recognised denominations                 For   section 26 of the Act, each religious body and religious organisation mentioned in Schedule 1 is declared to be a recognised denomination.  

Schedule 1        Recognised denominations (section 4)    Aboriginal Evangelical Fellowship of Australia Ananda Marga Anglican Catholic Church in Australia, The  Anglican Church of Australia, The Antiochian Orthodox Church Apostolic Church (Australia), The Apostolic Church of Queensland, The Armenian Apostolic Church in Australia, The Assemblies of God in Australia Associated Christian Ministries Associated Christian Spiritual Churches of Australia Associated Mission Churches of Australasia Incorporated Association of Vineyard Churches Australia, The Australian Christadelphian Ecclesia Australian Church of Antioch, The Australian Fellowship of Bible-believing Churches Australian Fellowship of Mission Centres (Youth with a Mission) Australian Indigenous Ministries Autocephalic Greek Orthodox Church of America and Australia Baha’I Faith Baptist Union of Australia, The Belarusian Autocephalous Orthodox Church in Australia and Abroad Bethesda Ministries International Incorporated Brethren Calvary Life Assemblies Christian and Missionary Alliance of Australia, The Christian Brethren Christian Church in Australia Christian Church, The Christian City Church Christian Israelite Church Christian Life Churches International Christian Outreach Centre Christian Reformed Churches of Australia Churches of Christ in Australia Church of God (Australia) Limited Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Church of Scientology Incorporated, The Church of the Foursquare Gospel (Australia) Limited Church of the Foursquare Gospel in Australia Church of the Nazarene Church of Tonga in Australia, The Community of Christ Congregational Christian Church in Samoa, The Congregational Federation of Australia Coptic Orthodox Church of Australia CRC Churches International Crosslink Christian Network Dream Centre Christian Church Limited Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Australia, The Federation of Reformed Christian Churches of the Pacific Australia Incorporated Fellowship of Congregational Churches Fellowship of Evangelical Churches in Australia Free Reformed Church of Australia Free Serbian Orthodox Church, Diocese for Australia and New Zealand Full Gospel Churches of Australia German Evangelical Lutheran Church Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia Hindu Council of Australia, The Hungarian Reformed Church of Australia, The Independent Baptist Fellowship Independent Baptists of Australia Independent Church of Australia, The International Council of Spiritualists International Society for Krishna Consciousness Islam Jehovah’s Witnesses Jewry Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in Victoria, The Liberal Catholic Church, The Lutheran Church of Australia Incorporated, The Macedonian-Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Church Macedonian Orthodox Church, Diocese of Australia and New Zealand Ministers Fellowship International National Ministries of the Church of God Australia New Apostolic Church in Australia, The New Church in Australia, The New Life Churches of Australia Potters House Christian Fellowship of Australia, The Presbyterian Church of Australia, The Presbyterian Church of Eastern Australia Presbyterian Reformed Church Reach Out for Christ Limited Reformed Presbyterian Church of Australia, The Religious Society of Friends, The Revival Centres International Revival Fellowship, The Roman Catholic Church Romanian Orthodox Church Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia Salvation Army, The Serbian Orthodox Church in Australia and New Zealand, The Seventh-day Adventist Church Sikh Council of Australia Incorporated, The Society of Saint Pius X Limited Southern Cross Association of Churches, The Strict and Particular Baptist Churches of Australia, The Torres United Pentecostal Outreach Association Incorporated Ukrainian Autocephalic Orthodox Church in Diaspora,
Diocese of Australia and New Zealand Unitarians United Aborigines Mission United Pentecostal Church of Australia United Spiritualism of Australia Uniting Church in Australia, The Victorian Spiritualists’ Union Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Connexion in Victoria, The Wesleyan Methodist Church, The Westminster Presbyterian Church, The Worldwide Church of God