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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 |

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 marriage celebrant since 2009, based in Tasmania with his wife Britt and two daughters. With Sarah Aird he co-founded the Celebrant Institute and specialises in the business of celebrancy and the art of present and intimate ceremony.