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PASSPORTS AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 2003 (NO. 1) 2003 NO. 120

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

Statutory Rules 2003 No. 120

Issued by the authority of the Minister for Foreign Affairs

Passports Act 1938

Passports Amendment Regulations 2003 (No. 1)

Subsection 12(1) of the Passports Act 1938 (the Act) provides that the Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with the Act, prescribing all matters required or permitted by the Act to be prescribed, or necessary and convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to the Act, and in particular (under paragraph 12(1)(c)) for prescribing the fees to be charged in respect of the issue, renewal or endorsement of passports.

These Regulations amend the Passports Regulations 1939 to effect a slight increase to the fees payable for the issue of Australian passports, Certificates of Identity, Documents of Identity and Convention Travel Documents (Titres de Voyage).

The increase reflected in the Regulations is in accordance with a practice, followed since 1992, that fees for travel documents under the Act should be subject to increase each year by the general movement in the Consumer Price Index.

Details of the Regulations are set out in the Attachment.

The Regulations commence on 1 July 2003.

Attachment

DETAILS OF THE PROPOSED PASSPORTS AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 2003 (No. 1)

Regulation 1 names the Regulations.

Regulation 2 provides that the Regulations commence on 1 July 2003.

Relation 3 provides that the Passport Regulations 1939 are amended as set out in Schedule 1.

Schedule 1 increases the fees for the issue of Passports and other travel documents (such as Certificates and Documents of Identity) according to the following table:

Col 1
Item
1



2

3




4


5

6




7

8
9




10
11
12
13

14


Column 2
Matter
Issue to a person (other than a
prescribed minor) of an Australian
passport of 36 pages (including a
diplomatic or official passport).
Issue to a prescribed minor of an
Australian passport of 36 pages.
Issue to a person aged at least 75 years
of an Australian passport of 36 pages to
be valid for not more than 5 years
(including a diplomatic or official
passport).
Issue to a person (other than a
prescribed minor)of an Australian
passport of 68 pages.
Issue to a prescribed minor of an
Australian passport of 68 pages.
Issue to a person aged at least 75 years
of an Australian passport of 68 pages to
be valid for not more than 5 years
(including a diplomatic or official
passport).
Observation made after the issue of a
passport.
Issue of a certificate of identity.
Issue of a document of identity, except
the issue to an Australian citizen of a
document of identity endorsed as valid
only for travel between Norfolk Island
and mainland Australia.
Renewal of a certificate of identity.
Renewal of a document of identity.
Issue of a convention travel document.
Renewal of a convention travel
document.
Priority processing fee


Column 3
Present Fee
144



72

72




216


108

108




10

86
29




10
10
86
8

60



Proposed Fee
148



74

74




222


111

111




11

89
30




11
11
89
9

62


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