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

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