Terms and conditions

The Celebrant:

1.   Will provide services as an Authorised Civil Celebrant at the agreed fee.

2.   To secure and confirm your celebrant booking with the Celebrant, a non-refundable booking fee of $400 must be paid together with your returned completed and signed Celebrant Contract.

3.    Will perform the Civil Ceremony at the agreed time, date and place. Pursuant to the Civil Celebrants’ Code of Conduct, the Celebrant will arrive at the agreed place at least 20 minutes prior to the designated Ceremony commencement time.

4.    If on the agreed date the Celebrant is unable to perform the Ceremony for any reason, the parties will be advised as soon as practicable and all reasonable efforts will be made to arrange for the Ceremony to be completed by another Authorised Civil Celebrant.

5.    The balance is due 3 weeks before your ceremony date. The balance is non-refundable if you cancel within one month of your ceremony date. This is because the Celebrant will be unlikely to book another wedding for the same date at such short notice.

6.   Should the celebrant be required to travel in excess of 50 kilometers to the agreed venue, there will be an additional charge to be agreed by both parties prior to the ceremony date. 

7.   If the celebrant is required to provide resources for the ceremony e.g. ritual resources, tables, chairs, a fee will be charged.  This fee will be discussed by both parties depending on the resources required.

The Client:

8.    Agree, where not already provided and where physically possible, to produce no later than two (2) weeks prior to the ceremony all original documentation, such as birth certificates, divorce decrees, death certificates, statutory declarations and/or any other documents necessary to allow the ceremony to proceed on the scheduled date.  This includes any appropriate translations as requested by the Celebrant. 

9.    Will provide the final wording for their Ceremony to the Celebrant via email, no later than two (2) days before the wedding date.  If the final draft is not received by the due date, the Celebrant will choose the ceremony wording that was sent as a Sample Ceremony and this will be read at the wedding ceremony.

10.    Will advise the Celebrant immediately of any changes to the time, date or place of the Civil Ceremony. The Celebrant reserves the right to terminate the agreement and retain the booking fee if not able to perform the Ceremony due to the change of either date or time.  The Celebrant will discuss whether or not any other monies already paid at the time of notification of any change to the Ceremony time, date and/or venue will be refunded.

11.  Understand and accept that any fees outstanding are payable 2 weeks prior to the Ceremony date.  If the client cancel their booking for any reason after this date, the Celebrant will discuss the matter but may reserve the right to retain the entire fee to cover loss of income.

COPYRIGHT ISSUES

The Celebrant:

(a)     Grants permission to the couple to be included in all photographs and videography that occurs during the Ceremony.

(b)     Retains copyright of all material written for the ceremony in both draft and final form.

The Couple:

(a)     Agree that they will not share, copy or reproduce in any way, any part of their written ceremony without the express permission of the Celebrant.

(b)     Grant permission for the Celebrant to use images of the ceremony that include the couple on the celebrant’s website and within promotional material as required.  Note:  Any professional photographs used by the Celebrant will acknowledge the photographer and/or the photographic studio.