01/09/2021
NEW RULES FOR MARRIAGE CEREMONIES FROM SEPT 3, 2021
From Friday 3 September 2021, small wedding services can be held in NSW.
Number of people
You can attend a small wedding service if:
• you are legally required to conduct the wedding service being the celebrant or officiant
• you are one of the 2 people getting married
• you are one of the 2 necessary witnesses
• you are recording the service or
• one of 5 guests.
These rules mean that no more than 11 people can attend a wedding service under any circumstances.
Small wedding services held outside Greater Sydney including the Blue Mountains and Wollongong
If you live outside Greater Sydney, you can leave home to attend a small wedding service outside Greater Sydney.
If you live in Greater Sydney, you cannot leave home to attend a small wedding service outside Greater Sydney, either as a participant in the service or as a guest.
Small wedding services held in Greater Sydney including the Blue Mountains and Wollongong
If you live outside Greater Sydney, you can leave home and enter Greater Sydney to attend a small wedding service only if you are:
• one of the people who is legally required to conduct the wedding service being the celebrant or officiant,
• one of the 2 people getting married
• one of the 2 necessary witnesses
• the person recording the service; or
• a parent, child or sibling of one of the people getting married.
If you live in Greater Sydney, but not in an area of concern, you can enter an area of concern to attend a small wedding service only if you are:
• one of the people who are legally required to conduct the wedding service being the celebrant or officiant,
• one of the 2 people getting married
• one of the 2 necessary witnesses
• the person recording the service
• a parent, child or sibling of one of the people getting married.
If you live in Greater Sydney but not in an area of concern, you can only attend a small wedding service as a guest (other than a family member referred to above) if it is in Greater Sydney and not in an area of concern.
If you live in an area of concern within Greater Sydney you can leave that area to attend a small wedding service in Greater Sydney, only if you are:
• one of the people who are legally required to conduct the wedding service being the celebrant or officiant,
• one of the 2 people getting married
• one of the 2 necessary witnesses
• the person recording the service
• the parent, child or sibling of one of the people getting married.
If you live in an area of concern within Greater Sydney, you can only attend a small wedding service as a guest (other than a family member referred to above) if it is in the area in which you live.