EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Statutory Rules No. 317 1986
Migration Regulations (Amendment)
Issued by the authority of the Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs
Section 67 of the Migration Act 1958 (the Act), so far as is relevant, prescribes 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:-
“(a) making provision for and in relation to the charging and recovery of fees in respect of-
(i) applications for entry permits, visas or return endorsements; …
(aa) making provision for the remission, refund or waiver of fees of a kind referred to in paragraph (a) or for exempting persons from the payment of such fees…”
The regulations inserted a new regulation, regulation 29E, which makes provision for the refund of fees where paid in respect of an application for an entry permit, a visa or a return endorsement when that application is unnecessary or the Department has made a mistake.
The regulations came into operation on 1 November 1986.