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Wedding ceremony fees

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  • What's included in your fee
  • Ceremony fees
  • Rescheduling your ceremony
  • Cancellation fees

What's included in your fee

Your fee includes:

Wedding ceremony inclusions and exclusions
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Celebrant

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Wedding package of your choice

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Ceremony location

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Lodgement of Notice of Intended Marriage (NOIM)

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Official marriage certificate sent by express post

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Commonwealth marriage certificate to take on the day

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Ceremony fees

All ceremony fees include a $175 administrative fee. This fee is not refundable.

Wedding ceremony packages and inclusions
Wedding package

Monday to Thursday

Friday

Saturday and Sunday

Inclusions

Classic ceremony package

$450 $450 $550
  • Celebrant
  • Your choice of ceremony room at Old Treasury Building
  • Classic ceremony script, with personalisation if you want
  • Commonwealth marriage certificate to take on the day
  • Official marriage certificate sent by express post
  • Booking administration (including lodgement of Notice of Intended Marriage)

Legal-only package

$350 Not available Not available
  • Celebrant
  • Commonwealth marriage certificate to take on the day
  • Official marriage certificate sent by express post
  • Booking administration (including lodgement of Notice of Intended Marriage)

Rescheduling your ceremony

A ‘reschedule’ means changing your day, time or type of ceremony.

You are welcome to make these changes. You will need to pay the reschedule fee listed below.

If you then cancel your rescheduled ceremony, there is no refund. This applies even if you cancel your rescheduled wedding more than 45 days before your new date.

Reschedule fees

The reschedule fees are all non-refundable.

Fees for rescheduling a ceremony
Type of change Fee
Change date and/or time $55
Move a Legal-only package or Classic ceremony package from weekday to weekend
(includes change date/time fee)
$155
Change Legal-only package to Classic ceremony package (includes change date/time fee)

$155 (weekday)

$255 (weekend)

How to reschedule your booking

  1. Log in to your account (External link)
  2. Book a new ceremony
  3. Pay the booking fees

We will review your documents and let you know if you need to provide additional documents.

Cancellation fees

Fees for cancelling a ceremony
Period of notice Refund
45 days or more before your ceremony
  • Ceremony fee: refunded
  • $175 administrative fee: no refund
Less than 45 days before your ceremony No refund

If you have previously rescheduled your ceremony, there is no refund. This applies even if you cancel your booking more than 45 days before your ceremony date.

For more information, see wedding ceremony fees.

How to cancel your booking

  1. Log in to 'My items (External link)'
  2. Click the Cancel Ceremony button
  3. Confirm your cancellation request.

    Non-attendance

    If you don’t attend your wedding ceremony, for any reason, we will cancel your online booking. There is no refund. 

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