Statutory  Rules  1991   No. 3051

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Australian Citizenship Regulations 2 (Amendment)

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Australian Citizenship Act 1948.

 Dated 24 September 1991.

             BILL HAYDEN

  Governor-General

 By His Excellency’s Command,

BEN HUMPHREYS

Minister of State for Veterans’ Affairs for and on behalf

of the Minister of State for Immigration,

Local Government and Ethnic Affairs

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1.   Commencement

1.1   These Regulations commence on 1 October 1991.

2.   Amendment

2.1   The Australian Citizenship Regulations are amended as set out in these Regulations.

3.   Regulation 7a (Application for registration)

3.1   Subregulation (3):

Omit the subregulation, substitute:

 “(3) Subject to subregulation (4), the fee payable on lodging an application referred to in subregulation (1) to register the name of a person for the purposes of section 10b of the Act is $100.

 “(4) If 2 or more applications referred to in subregulation (3) are lodged at the same time in respect of applicants who are siblings of one another, the following fees are payable on lodging the applications:

 (a) $100 in respect of 1 of the applicants;

 (b) $75 in respect of each other applicant.”.

4.   Regulation 8 (Declaratory certificate of citizenship issued on application)

4.1   Subregulation 8 (2):

Omit “$30”, substitute “$50”.

5.   Regulation 9 (Fee on lodgment of application for grant of certificate of Australian citizenship)

5.1   Subregulation 9 (1):

Omit “$35”, substitute “$50”.

6.   Regulation 18 (Fee payable in respect of application under subsection 44a (2) of the Act)

6.1   Omit “$30”, substitute “$50”.

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NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 30 September 1991.

2. Statutory Rules 1960 No. 62 as amended by 1961 No. 120; 1964 No. 1; 1965 Nos. 8 and 146; 1967 No. 149; 1968 No. 129; 1969 No. 72; 1970 Nos 9 and 189; 1973 Nos. 29 and 196; 1975 No. 181; 1976 No. 269; 1978 No. 272; 1979 No. 143; 1980 No. 339; 1981 No. 112; 1982 No. 118; 1983 No. 68; 1984 Nos 252 and 351; 1985 No. 260; 1986 Nos. 209, 210, 223 and 306; 1987 Nos. 87, 88 and 312; 1988 Nos. 324 and 325; 1989 Nos. 140 and 222; 1991 Nos. 28 and 221.