EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Statutory Rules No 251
Migration Regulations (Amendment)
(Issued by the authority of the Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs)
Section 67 of the Migration Act 1358 (the Act), so far as is relevant, prescribes that the Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with the Act, prescribing all matters prescribed or permitted by the Act to be prescribed including regulations providing for the charging and recovery of fees in respect of:
• applications for entry permits, visas or return endorsements;
• the undertaking of English language tests conducted by or on behalf of the Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs, whether or not in connection with applications for entry permits or visas.
The regulations increase the fees payable upon the lodgement of applications for various entry permits and also increase the fee for undertaking an English language test conducted outside Australia by or on behalf of the Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs. These increases are contained in a schedule to the amending regulations.
Regulation 1 sets 1 October 1984 as the date for operation of the amending regulations.
Regulation 2 prescribes a schedule which provides for increases in various fees. These increases are explained below:
• Prior to the amending regulations, under paragraph 29A(1)(a) the fee for an application for a further temporary entry permit was $30. The amending regulations increased this fee by $5, to $35.
• Prior, to the amending regulations, under sub-paragraph 29A(1)(b)(ii) the fee for the application for the grant of a further entry permit other than a temporary entry permit was, in respect of an application lodged by virtue of the condition referred to in paragraph 6A(1)(d) of the Act, $155. The amending regulations increase this fee by $45, to $200.
• Prior to the amending regulations, under sub-paragraph 29A(1)(b)(iii) the fee for the application for the grant of a further entry permit other than a temporary entry permit was, in cases other than when an application is lodged by virtue of the condition referred to in paragraphs 6A(1)(c) or 6A(1)(d) of the Act, $80. The amending regulations increase this fee by $20, to $100.
• Prior to the amending regulations, under sub-regulation 29AA(2), the fee payable on an employer lodging an application for an unconditional temporary entry permit on behalf of a person he proposes to employ was $125. The amending regulations increase this fee by $10, to $135.
Prior to the amending regulations, under sub-regulation 29AA(3), the fee payable on the lodging, by the holder of a conditional temporary entry permit, of an application for an unconditional temporary entry permit, was $50. The amending regulations increase this fee by $5, to $55.
Prior to the amending regulations, under regulation 29C, the fee payable for undertaking an English language test conducted outside Australia, by or on behalf of the Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs, whether or not in connection with an application for an entry permit or a visa, was $30. The amending regulations increase this fee by $5, to $35.