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Vaccine mandates and weddings

Posted by Sarah Aird | Sep 22, 2021 | COVID-19 | 1 |

As I’m sure will be surprising to absolutely nobody reading this, we’re already receiving a LOT of questions about COVID-19 vaccine mandates: how will they affect weddings? Can unvaccinated people attend a wedding at all? What about people with exemptions? Whose responsibility will it be to ensure couples/guests/vendors are vaccinated? How will we check vaccination status? Is it discriminatory to not allow an unvaccinated person to attend a wedding? Are we allowed / do we have the right to ask about clients’ (and their guests’) vaccination status?

The short answer, as at 22 September 2021, is that we don’t know yet.

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Sarah Aird

Sarah Aird is known as The Oracle in Australian marriage celebrant circles, she's a wizard when it comes to Australian marriage law and celebrant training.