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MIGRATION (VISA EVIDENCE) CHARGE BILL 2012
2010-2011-2012
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Migration (Visa Evidence) Charge Bill
2012
No. , 2012
(Immigration and Citizenship)
A Bill for an Act to impose a charge in relation to
requests for evidence of visas
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Contents
1 Short
title
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2 Commencement
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3 External
Territories
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4 Extra-territorial operation .................................................................. 2
5 Definitions
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Imposition of visa evidence charge .................................................... 3
7 Visa
evidence
charge limit ................................................................. 3
Migration (Visa Evidence) Charge Bill 2012 No. , 2012 1
A Bill for an Act to impose a charge in relation to
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requests for evidence of visas
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The Parliament of Australia enacts:
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1 Short title
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This Act may be cited as the Migration (Visa Evidence) Charge
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Act 2012.
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2 Commencement
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(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table
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commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with
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column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect
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according to its terms.
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Section 3
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Commencement information
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Provision(s)
Commencement
Date/Details
1. Sections 1 and
2 and anything in
this Act not
elsewhere covered
by this table
The day this Act receives the Royal Assent.
2. Sections 3 to 7
A single day to be fixed by Proclamation.
However, if the provision(s) do not
commence within the period of 6 months
beginning on the day this Act receives the
Royal Assent, they commence on the day
after the end of that period.
Note:
This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally
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enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of
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this Act.
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(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act.
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Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it
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may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
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3 External Territories
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This Act extends to an external Territory that is a prescribed
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Territory (within the meaning of subsection 7(1) of the Migration
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Act).
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4 Extra-territorial operation
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Visa evidence charge is payable in relation to a request for
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evidence of a visa whether the request is made inside Australia or
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outside Australia.
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5 Definitions
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In this Act:
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indexation factor has the meaning given by subsection 7(3).
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Section 6
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Migration Act means the Migration Act 1958.
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visa evidence charge limit for a visa evidence request has the
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meaning given by subsections 7(1) and (2).
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visa evidence request means a request made under section 70 of
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the Migration Act.
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6 Imposition of visa evidence charge
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Visa evidence charge payable under section 71 of the Migration
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Act is imposed.
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7 Visa evidence charge limit
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(1)
The
visa evidence charge limit for a visa evidence request made in
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the financial year ending on 30 June 2013 is $250.
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(2)
The
visa evidence charge limit for a visa evidence request made in
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a later financial year is the amount worked out by multiplying the
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limit for the immediately preceding financial year by the greater of
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1 or the indexation factor.
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Indexation factor
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(3)
The
indexation factor is the number worked out using the
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following formula:
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Sum of the index numbers for the CPI quarters in the
12 months ending on 31 December before the later financial year
Sum of the index numbers for the CPI quarters in the
12 months ending on the previous 31 December
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where:
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CPI quarter means a period of 3 months ending on 31 March,
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30 June, 30 September or 31 December.
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index number means the All Groups Consumer Price Index
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number (being the weighted average of the 8 capital cities)
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published by the Australian Statistician.
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Section 7
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(4) The indexation factor is to be calculated to 3 decimal places
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(rounding up if the fourth decimal place is 5 or more).
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(5) In working out the indexation factor:
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(a) use only the index numbers published in terms of the most
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recently published reference base for the Consumer Price
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Index; and
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(b) disregard index numbers published in substitution for
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previously published index numbers (except where the
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substituted numbers are published to take account of changes
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in the reference base).
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Rounding of limit
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(6) If the amount worked out under subsection (2) is not a multiple of
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$5, the amount is to be rounded as follows:
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(a) if the amount exceeds the nearest lower multiple of $5 by
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$2.50 or more--round the amount up to the nearest higher
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multiple of $5;
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(b) otherwise--round the amount down to the nearest lower
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multiple of $5.
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