Coalition of Celebrant Associations

Australia’s Peak Celebrant Body

CoCA Submission to Review of the Australian Guidelines
Finance Circular No. 2005/09 To all FMA Act Agencies and CAC Act bodies Australian Government Cost Recovery Guidelines Purpose This Circular replaces Finance Circular 2002/02 and announces the publication of revised Australian Government Cost Recovery Guidelines (the revised Guidelines).  Cost Recovery (CR) applies to all Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 (FMA Act) agencies and also to those Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997 (CAC Act) bodies that have been notified, under sections 28 or 43 of the CAC Act, to apply the cost recovery policy. No changes have been made to the CR policy.  The guidelines have been revised…
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/bill_em/mab2002175/memo1.html Notes on Clauses 17 Schedule 1 18 Schedule 2 25 MARRIAGE AMENDMENT BILL 2002 GENERAL OUTLINE The primary purpose of the Marriage Amendment Bill 2002 (‘the Bill’) is to give effect to the Government’s commitment to reform the Marriage Act 1961 (‘the Act’) as it relates to the Marriage Celebrants Program operated under subsection 39(2) of the Act. The Bill is the result of a four year consultative process.
TOPIC: Cost Recovery needs Better Trained Independent Celebrants Independent celebrants reside in every electorate across Australia and many are asked by their communities to perform namings, anniversaries, birthdays, funerals, memorials and other community ceremonies in addition to marriage ceremonies.Would you want a "trainee" celebrant to perform your son's marriage or mother's funeral?Our industry is unique in that independent celebrants are private practitioners who bear the full responsibility for the quality of their work provide services that are "one-off" and thus must be personalised and high quality every time thus requiring the new celebrant to be fully competent on graduation and not…
TOPIC: Cost Recovery highlights deficiencies in over half century old Marriage Act. Cost recovery raises funds to regulate Commonwealth marriage celebrants to ensure they have prior training in marriage law, complete specified hours of professional development each year, work to a Code of Practice, adhere to sections 45, 46 and 113 of the Marriage Act, pay an annual regulation fee and remain a 'Fit & Proper" person.However these requirements do not apply to all Marriage Celebrants.Two thirds of Australian Marriage Celebrants are: not required to have any prior training in marriage law not required to have any continuing professional development…
TOPIC:  By what outcome can Cost Recovery Measures applied to Marriage Celebrants be measured as efficient and effective? CoCA answer: Annual registration fees on Commonwealth celebrants remain the same (CPI adjusted) or reduced. This is achievable if: the Attorney-General's Department works efficiently in collaboration with professional celebrant associations better training and assessment standards are introduced and the profession is allowed to manage its affairs as is the case in other professions. Things to know: Changes to the Marriage Act, passed on 27 March 2014, introduced cost recovery and other changes for the Commonwealth Marriage Celebrants Program.  For the first time in Australian…
REGULATION IMPACT STATEMENT New Policy Proposal Marriage Celebrants Program – Better Management through Fees BackgroundThe Marriage Celebrants ProgramThe Marriage Celebrants Program (the Program) was established in 1973 to provide marrying couples who did not want to have a religious ceremony with a dignified and meaningful alternative to a registry wedding. The Commonwealth has constitutional responsibility for marriage matters including the Program. It is administered by the Attorney-General’s Department.All persons conducting marriages in Australia must be authorised to do so under the Marriage Act 1961 (the Act). The Act establishes 3 categories of people who may be authorised to conduct marriages…
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