Passports Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1993

No. 157 1

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Passports Regulations 2(Amendment)

I, The 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 22 June 1993.

 BILL HAYDEN

 Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

PETER COOK

Minister for Trade

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1.   Commencement

1.1   These Regulations commence on 1 July 1993.

2.   Amendment

2.1   The Passports Regulations are amended as set out in these Regulations.

3.   Regulation 9 (Certificates of identity)

3.1   Subregulation 9 (1):

Omit the subregulation, substitute:

“9.

(1) An authorized officer may issue a certificate of identity to a person (not being an Australian citizen):

• (a)

  who is about to leave Australia or a Territory and is:

  • (i)

    stateless; or

  • (ii)

    unable to obtain a passport from a Consular representative of the country of which the person claims to be a national; or

• (b)

  who has been determined by the Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs to have the status of a refugee; or

• (c)

  whose application for a protection visa has been approved by that Minister.”.

3.2   Add at the end:

“(3)

In subregulation (1), ‘protection visa’ means:

• (a)

  a Class 784 (domestic protection (temporary)) visa within the meaning of the Migration (1993) Regulations; or

• (b)

  a domestic protection (temporary) (code number 784) visa within the meaning of the Migration Regulations;

 applied for after entry.”.

4.   Schedule 2 (Fees)

4.1   Omit the Schedule, substitute:

 “SCHEDULE 2 Regulation 13

FEES

Column 1 Item	Column 2 Matter	Column 3 Fee
$
1	Issue to a person other than a prescribed minor of an Australian passport of 32 pages	101

SCHEDULE 2—continued

Column 1 Item	Column 2 Matter	Column 3 Fee
2	Issue to a prescribed minor of an Australian passport of 32 pages	51
3	Issue to a person other than a prescribed minor of an Australian passport of 64 pages	152
4	Issue to a prescribed minor of an Australian passport of 64 pages	76
5	Observation made after the issue of a passport	6
6	Issue of a certificate of identity	61
7	Issue of a document of identity	20
8	Renewal of a certificate of identity	6
9	Renewal of a document of identity	6”.

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NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 29 June 1993.

2. 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.