Coalition of Celebrant Associations

Australia’s Peak Celebrant Body

1. Transparency

As a group of providers, namely Commonwealth appointed Marriage Celebrants, of marriage services to the general public under a Commonwealth Act of Parliament we were extremely surprised to find ourselves targeted for Cost Recovery.

The Guidelines state that Cost Recovery applies to certain agencies and bodies1 that have been notified under Sections 28 or 43 of the CAC Act. Whilst we can find references to the Attorney-General’s Department, we can find no references specifically  mentioning Commonwealth Marriage Celebrants.

Therefore these Guidelines certainly fail a transparency test from Stakeholders (-about-to-be-charged)’ perspective.
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