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AUSTRALIAN CITIZENSHIP REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1991 NO. 305

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

STATUTORY RULES 1991 No. 305

Issued by the Minister for Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs

Australian Citizenship Act 1948

Australian Citizenship Regulations (Amendment)

Paragraph 53 (f) of the Australian Citizenship Act 1948 (the Act) provides that the Governor-General may make regulations for the purposes of the Act in relation to the imposition and recovery of fees in relation to any application, registration, declaration, certificate or copy of any declaration, certificate or oath under the Act.

The Australian Citizenship Regulations (Amendment) revises the fees payable in relation to an application for:

(a)       registration of citizenship by descent under regulation 7A, from $50 to $100 for the first child and $75 for any other child where an application is made at the same time as the first child;

(b)       a declaratory certificate of citizenship under regulation 8, from $30 to $50;

(c)       for the grant of a certificate of Australian citizenship under regulation 9, from $35 to $50; and

(d)       for the issue of an evidentiary certificate in relation to Australian citizenship of a person under regulation 18, from $30 to $50.

These fees have been revised following a review to determine the actual costs of processing these applications. The fees were last revised in 1986.

The Australian Citizenship Regulations (Amendment) commenced on 1 October 1991.


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