- Commonwealth Marriage Celebrants were not the end users (fee is expected to be passed onto the marrying couple)
- Commonwealth Marriage Celebrants were not the beneficiaries of the service they provided on behalf of the Government (an average of 7 weddings per celebrant pa
with a fee per wedding of less than $500) thereby making an annual average GROSS income of $3,500.
3. End Users of Government Services / Products
CoCA understands the intent of Cost Recovery is to apply the “users-pays principle”. That is that the end users of the government service pay for the benefit they receive. Clearly the Recovery Impact Statement (RIS) 8 that the Attorney-General’s Department produced for the Department of Finance made it clear that