Marriage (Recognised Denominations) Proclamation 2006
Marriage Act 1961
I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor-General 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 2 March 2006
 
P. M. JEFFERY
Governor-General
By His Excellency’s Command
PHILIP RUDDOCK
Attorney-General
  
  
1              Name of Proclamation
                This Proclamation is the Marriage (Recognised Denominations) Proclamation 2006.
2              Commencement
                This Proclamation commences on the day after it is registered.
3              Revocation of previous Proclamation
                The Proclamation made under section 26 of the Marriage Act 1961 on 22 September 1999 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 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