EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1990 NO 273
Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Justice
Australian Federal Police Act 1979
Australian Federal Police Regulations (Amendment)
The purpose of the amendments is to vary the cost of some police services and to allow the Commissioner to partly waive fees for such services.
Since the fees were established, procedural changes have resulted in less time being spent on certain tasks. This has enabled four fee rates to be reduced. In other cases, direct labour costs have been included for the first time. This has resulted in a need for eight of the fee rates to be increased. Additionally, the amendments will allow the Commissioner to partly waive fees for frequent users of the services or in cases of financial hardship. At present he may only waive the full fee.
The details of the proposed amendments are as follows:
Regulation 1 amends regulation 48 of the Australian Federal Police Regulations to allow the Commissioner to waive all or part of a fee charged for police services.
Regulation 2 amends Schedule 6 of the Australian Federal Police Regulations to change the fees charged for various police services.
| Authority: | Section 70 of the Australian Federal Police Act 1979 |