The Department of Finance document (a Regulation Impact Statement RIS) that was put forward in support of the proposed fee describes the current problems and concerns with the program and outlines a set of options for remedy of this situation. You can read this document here.

CoCA and the associations spent quite some time in discussing the proposal and are of the belief that the option chosen will not deliver the improvements in professionalism of celebrants as outlined in the RIS.

CoCA in consultation with the member associations prepared a response to the RIS that was delivered to the AGD and will be discussed at our next meeting with them in October 2011.

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Download CoCA Response to the RIS

You are invited to read our response and make comments if you would like, directly to us via our Contact Us page.

Your comments, thoughts and ideas are appreciated.

CoCA Submission to AGD with recommendations on Professional Fee and other matters.

The CoCA associations, at the invitation of the AGD, have provided a submission to the Department with recommendations on reforms/changes to the Marriage Celebrant Program.

This submission is the result of a collaboration between all 13 CoCA associations. Soon we will invite you to read our submission and provide comments, thoughts, ideas to us via our Contact Us page.