EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Minute No. 2 of 1987 - Minister for Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs
1987 No. 221
Subject: Migration Act 1958
Migration Regulations (Amendment)
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 providing for the charging and recovery of fees in respect of applications for entry permits, visas or return endorsements.
The regulations increase the fees payable on lodging applications for migrant entry to Australia, for lodging applications for the grant of resident status and upon lodging applications for the grant of further temporary entry permits for visitors to extend their stay in Australia.
Details of the regulations are as follows:
• Regulation 1 provides that this amendment commenced operation on 1 October 1987.
• Regulation 2 amended regulation 29A by increasing the fee in paragraph (1)(a) from $35 to $50, and also by increasing the fee in paragraph (1)(b) from $200 to $300.
• Regulation 3 amended regulation 29AB by increasing the fee payable upon lodging an application for migrant entry to Australia from $150 to $225. This fee is payable in two stages and the amendments to paragraphs 29AB(3)(a) and 29AB(3)(b) increases the fees payable in each stage from $40 to $60 and from $110 to $165 respectively.
Authority: Section 67 of the Migration Act 1958