Migration (LIN 20/007: Payment of Visa Application Charges and Fees in Foreign Currencies) Amendment Instrument 2020

I, Tracy Hobden, Delegate of the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs, make the following instrument.

Dated 23 December 2019

Tracey Hobden

Tracy Hobden  

Contents

Part 1 – Preliminary

1  Name

2  Commencement

3  Authority

4  Schedule

Schedule 1—Amendments

Part 1 – Preliminary

1  Name

(1)           This instrument is the Migration (LIN 20/007: Payment of Visa Application Charges and Fees in Foreign Currencies) Amendment Instrument 2020.

(2)           This instrument may be cited as LIN 20/007.

2  Commencement

This instrument commences immediately following the commencement of Migration (LIN 20/001: Payment of Visa Application Charges and Fees in Foreign Currencies) Instrument 2020.

3  Authority

This instrument is made under paragraph 5.36(1A)(a) of the Regulations.

4  Schedule

The instrument that is specified in Schedule 1 to this instrument is amended as set out in the applicable items in that Schedule.

Schedule 1—Amendments

Migration (LIN 20/001: Payment of Visa Application Charges and Fees in Foreign Currencies) Instrument 2020

1  Section 3 – Authority

Omit “paragraphs 5.36(1)(a) and (b), and”, substitute “paragraph”.  

2  Section 4 – Definitions

Repeal “foreign country has the meaning defined in section 2B of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901”.

3  Section 5 – Schedules

Omit the section, substitute:

5  Schedules

Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is repealed as set out in the applicable items in that Schedule, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

4  Part 2, section 6 – Places and foreign currencies for payment of VAC and fees

Omit the section, substitute:

6  Exchange rates for payment of VAC and fees in foreign currencies

For the purposes of paragraph 5.36(1A)(a) of the Regulations, the exchange rate for the currency specified in Column A of an item in the table in Schedule 1, in which the payment of a VAC or a fee is to be paid, is specified in Column C for that item, with the corresponding ISO code mentioned in Column B for that item.

Note: Payment of a VAC mentioned in this Part does not include a VAC mentioned in subregulation 5.36(3A) of the Regulations.

5  Part 2, section 7 –  Exchange rates for payment of VAC and fees in foreign currencies

Repeal the whole section.

6  Schedule 1

Repeal the whole Schedule.

7  Schedule 2

Omit the title, substitute:

Schedule 1 — Exchange Rates for the Payment of VAC and Fees in Foreign Currencies

8  Schedule 3

Omit the title, substitute:

Schedule 2 – Repeals