Overview:

• Recognition and registration are amalgamated rather than ideally differentiated; there are not distinguished provisions for existential recognition and legal registration.

Positive elements:

• Broad provisions are set in place to for both registered and unregistered groups to operate freely without government intervention.

• Freedom of religion or belief is generally upheld by the government in practice.

• Provisions exist to stop the government from denying registration for groups based on their beliefs and practices.

• The Office for Religious Communities provides widespread support and guidance for religious organisations.

Recommendations:

• Establish separate procedures for existential recognition and legal registration.

• To be classified as dynamic, establish a recognition agency to manage the recognition system and its provisions for recognition and registration; this recognition agency should operate independently of the government.