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Witnessing a NOIM over Zoom in the COVID-19 lockdown

Posted by Josh Withers | Apr 20, 2020 | COVID-19, Our Guidelines to Australian Marriage Law | 3 |

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With Police Officers and JPs being the most popular witnesses to notices of intended marriage forms when a celebrant cannot attend the witnessing, and with many celebrants unable to attend a meeting to sign a notice of intended marriage because of social distancing directives, the Attorney-General’s department is investigating an alternative.

One alternative being investigated at the moment is the ability for a celebrant to witness a NOIM remotely.

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Josh Withers

Josh is a Hobart celebrant who has created thousands of marriage ceremonies in over 20 countries since 2009, based in Tasmania's Huon Valley with his wife Britt and two daughters. In 2016, with Sarah Aird, he co-founded the Celebrant Institute and specialises in the business of celebrancy and the art of present and intimate ceremony.