Passports Amendment Regulations 2002 (No. 1) (Cth)

Passports Amendment Regulations 2002 (No. 1)1

Statutory Rules 2002 No. 1182

I, PETER JOHN HOLLINGWORTH, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Passports Act 1938.

Dated 6 June 2002

PETER HOLLINGWORTH

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command

ALEXANDER DOWNER

Minister for Foreign Affairs

1Name of Regulations

 These Regulations are the Passports Amendment Regulations 2002 (No. 1).

2Commencement

 These Regulations commence on 1 July 2002.

3Amendment of Passports Regulations 1939

Schedule 1 amends the Passports Regulations 1939.

Schedule 1Amendments

(regulation 3)

  

[1]After regulation 5

insert

6Priority processing

• (1)

  This regulation applies if:

  • (a)

    an application under regulation 5 is accompanied by a priority processing fee; and

  • (b)

    the applicant is entitled to the issue of the document for which the application is made.

• (2)

  The authorised officer must issue the document to the applicant within 48 hours after receiving all the evidence required under regulation 5.

• (3)

  The priority processing fee must be returned to the applicant if:

  • (a)

    the document is not issued within 48 hours after receiving all the evidence required under regulation 5; or

  • (b)

    the authorised officer is satisfied that there are compassionate grounds for the return of the fee.

• (4)

  For this regulation, the period of 48 hours does not include the 24 hours of any day on which the office at which the authorised officer works is not open to the public.

[2]Regulation 7

substitute

7Validity of Australian passports

• (1)

  An Australian passport expires:

  • (a)

    for a prescribed minor — on a day, not later than 5 years after it is issued, specified in the passport; or

  • (b)

    for a person who chooses under subregulation (2) — on a day, not later than 5 years after it is issued, specified in the passport; or

  • (c)

    in any other case — on a day, not later than 10 years after it is issued, specified in the passport.

• (2)

  An Australian citizen aged at least 75 years may choose to be issued with an Australian passport that expires on a day, not later than 5 years after it is issued, specified in the passport.

[3]Schedule 2

substitute

Schedule 2Fees

(regulation 13)

Item	Matter	Fee ($)
1	Issue to a person (other than a prescribed minor) of an Australian passport of 36 pages (including a diplomatic or official passport)	144
2	Issue to a prescribed minor of an Australian passport of 36 pages	72
3	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)	72
4	Issue to a person (other than a prescribed minor) of an Australian passport of 68 pages	216
5	Issue to a prescribed minor of an Australian passport of 68 pages	108
6	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)	108
7	Observation made after the issue of a passport	10
8	Issue of a certificate of identity	86
9	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 Note   No fee is payable for the issue to an Australian citizen of a document of identity endorsed as valid only for travel between Norfolk Island and mainland Australia.	29
10	Renewal of a certificate of identity	10
11	Renewal of a document of identity	10
12	Issue of a convention travel document	86
13	Renewal of a convention travel document	8
14	Priority processing fee	60

Notes

1. These Regulations amend Statutory Rules 1939 No. 47, as amended by 1945 No. 183; 1948 No. 52; 1949 Nos. 7 and 41; 1952 No. 67; 1956 No. 45; 1966 No. 100; 1969 No. 80; 1974 No. 181; 1976 No. 68; 1979 No. 80; 1981 No. 245; 1983 No. 37; 1985 No. 277; 1986 Nos. 25 and 212; 1987 No. 217; 1988 No. 147; 1989 Nos. 39 and 133; 1990 No. 225; 1991 No. 204; 1992 Nos. 211 and 296; 1993 No. 157; 1994 No. 205; 1995 No. 182; 1996 Nos. 141 and 210; 1997 No. 180; 1998 No. 42; 1999 No. 253; 2000 No. 157; 2001 No. 156.

2. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette