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PASSPORTS REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1994 NO. 205

Statutory Rules 1994 No. 205

Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Trade

Passports Act 1938

Passports Regulations (Amendment)

Section 12 of the Passports Act 1938 (the Act) provides that the Governor-General may make regulations for the purposes of the Act.

Regulation 13 of the Passports Regulations provides that fees are payable in respect of passports and travel documents as specified in Schedule 2 of the Passports Regulations.

The purpose of these amendments to the Passports Regulations was to give effect to a Government decision to increase fees for passport issue on 1 July each year in accordance with the Consumer Price Index for the preceding twelve months ending 31 March.

Schedule Two has been amended to specify revised fees to be charged for the issue of travel documents.

The fee charged for the issue of an ordinary adult passport for example, has been increased from $101 to $102.