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This is a Bill, not an Act. For current law, see the Acts databases.
1998-1999-2000
The Parliament
of the
Commonwealth of
Australia
HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first
time
Migration
(Visa Application) Charge Amendment Bill
2000
No. ,
2000
(Immigration and Multicultural
Affairs)
A Bill for an Act to amend the
Migration (Visa Application) Charge Act 1997, and for related
purposes
ISBN: 0642 436401
Contents
A Bill for an Act to amend the Migration (Visa
Application) Charge Act 1997, and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
This Act may be cited as the Migration (Visa Application) Charge
Amendment Act 2000.
This Act commences on the day after the day on which it receives the
Royal Assent.
Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any
other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its
terms.
1 Before subsection 5(1)
Insert:
(1A) This section applies to visa applications made before 1 November
2000.
Note: The heading to section 5 is altered by adding at
the end “—visa applications before 1 November
2000”.
2 At the end of the Act
Add:
(1) This section applies to visa applications made on or after
1 November 2000.
(2) The charge limit in relation to a visa application made during the
financial year beginning on 1 July 2000 is $30,000.
(3) The
charge limit for a later financial year is calculated by multiplying the charge
limit for the financial year before the later year by the greater of 1.0 or the
indexation factor worked out using the following formula:
where:
CPI quarter means a period of 3 months ending on
31 March, 30 June, 30 September or 31 December.
index number means the All Groups Consumer Price Index number
(being the weighted average of the 8 capital cities) published by the Australian
Statistician.
(4) The indexation factor is to be calculated to 3 decimal places, but
increased by .001 if the 4th decimal place is more than 4.
(5) Calculations under subsection (3):
(a) are to be made using only the index numbers published in terms of the
most recently published reference base for the Consumer Price Index;
and
(b) are to disregard index numbers that are published in substitution for
previously published index numbers (except where the substituted numbers are
published to take account of changes in the reference base).
(6) If an amount worked out under the formula in subsection (3) is
not a multiple of $5, the amount is to be rounded as follows:
(a) if the amount exceeds the nearest lower multiple of $5 by $2.50 or
more—round the amount up to the nearest higher multiple of $5;
(b) in any other case—round the amount down to the nearest lower
multiple of $5.