EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Statutory Rules No. 86 of 1987
Migration Regulations (Amendment)
Issued by the Authority of the Minister of State for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs
Section 67 of the Migration Act 1958 (the Act), so far as is relevant, provides that the Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with the Act, prescribing all matters which are necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to the Act and, in particular, making provision for and in relation to the charging and recovery of fees in respect of the undertaking of English-language tests conducted by or on behalf of the Department.
Regulation 29C of the Migration Regulations previously provided for a fee of $35 to be charged in respect of English-language tests conducted overseas by or on behalf of the Department, and for a fee of $60 to be charged for the same service when conducted in Australia.
The amending regulations increase to $60 the fee payable for an English-language test conducted overseas. The amending regulations also exclude from the scope of Regulation 29C English-language tests conducted by the Department for or on behalf of other Departments.
Details of the amending regulations are as follows:
• regulation 1 provides for the amendments to come into operation on 1 June 1987;
• regulation 2 repeals existing regulation 29C and substitutes a regulation which provides for a fee of $60 to be charged for an English-language test conducted either by the Department otherwise than on behalf of another Department or by another Department on behalf of the Department.