EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Statutory Rules No. 210 of 1986
Australian Citizenship Regulations (Amendment)
Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs
Section 53 of the Australian Citizenship Act 1948 (the Act), so far as is relevant, 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, including regulations providing for the imposition and recovery of fees in respect of:
• any application under the Act; and
• the grant of any certificate granted under the Act.
The amending regulations introduce fees for service payable upon the lodgement of an application under section 13 of the Act for the grant of a certificate of Australian citizenship.
Details of the amending regulations are as follows:
• Regulation 1 provided that this amendment came into operation on 20 August 1986.
• Regulation 2 added a new regulation, regulation 9, which provides that a fee of $35 will be payable on lodging an application under section 13 of the Act for the grant of a certificate of Australian citizenship.