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2004
The Parliament of
the
Commonwealth of
Australia
HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first
time
Australian
Passports (Application Fees) Bill 2004
No.
, 2004
(Foreign
Affairs)
A Bill for an Act to impose, as
taxes, fees in relation to Australian passports and other travel documents, and
for related purposes
Contents
A Bill for an Act to impose, as taxes, fees in relation
to Australian passports and other travel documents, and for related
purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
This Act may be cited as the Australian Passports (Application Fees)
Act 2004.
(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table
commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the
table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its
terms.
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Commencement information |
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Column 1 |
Column 2 |
Column 3 |
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Provision(s) |
Commencement |
Date/Details |
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1. Sections 1 and 2 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by
this table |
The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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2. Sections 3 to 9 |
At the same time as sections 3 to 58 of the Australian Passports
Act 2004 commence. |
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Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act
as originally passed by the Parliament and assented to. It will not be expanded
to deal with provisions inserted in this Act after assent.
(2) Column 3 of the table contains additional information that is not part
of this Act. Information in this column may be added to or edited in any
published version of this Act.
(1) In this Act:
application fee means a fee imposed by
section 4.
Minister’s determination means an instrument made by
the Minister for the purposes of this Act under section 8.
(2) Other expressions used in this Act that are defined in the
Australian Passports Act 2004 have the same meaning as they have in that
Act.
(1) A Minister’s determination may specify fees in respect of
applications for Australian passports.
(2) A Minister’s determination may specify fees in respect of
applications for travel-related documents.
(3) A Minister’s determination may specify fees in respect of
applications for endorsements on Australian travel documents.
(4) A Minister’s determination may specify fees in respect of
applications for the making of observations on Australian travel
documents.
(5) The fees specified in determinations made for the purposes of this
section are imposed, and are so imposed as taxes.
(1) A determination made for the purposes of section 4 may specify
different application fees for different circumstances.
(2) The maximum amount of an application fee for an application made in a
financial year is:
(a) for the financial year in which sections 3 to 9 of this Act
commence—$1,000; or
(b) for a later financial year—the amount worked out in accordance
with section 6.
(3) An application fee need not bear any relationship to the cost of
issuing an Australian travel document or endorsing or making an observation on
an Australian travel document.
(1) The amount for the purposes of paragraph 5(2)(b) is worked out by
multiplying the indexation factor for the financial year by the maximum amount
of an application fee for an application made in the previous financial
year.
(2) If the indexation factor for the financial year is 1 or less, the
maximum amount of an application fee for an application made in the financial
year is the maximum amount for an application made in the previous financial
year.
(3) In this section:
indexation factor for the financial year is the amount worked
out, to 3 decimal places (rounding up if the fourth decimal place is 5 or more),
by using the formula:
where:
index number is the All Groups Consumer Price Index number
(being the weighted average of the 8 capital cities) first published by the
Australian Statistician for the quarter.
(1) A person who applies for an Australian travel document is liable to
pay the application fee in respect of that application, at the time the
application is made.
(2) A person who applies for an endorsement on the person’s
Australian travel document is liable to pay the application fee in respect of
that application, at the time the application is made.
(3) A person who applies for an observation to be made on the
person’s Australian travel document is liable to pay the application fee
in respect of that application, at the time the application is made.
The Minister may, by legislative instrument, specify any of the matters
that this Act provides may be specified in a Minister’s
determination.
The Governor-General may make regulations prescribing matters necessary
or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this
Act.