Australian Citizenship Amendment (Indexation of Fees) Regulations 2024

I, General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations.

Dated   20 June 2024

David Hurley

Governor‑General

By His Excellency’s Command

Andrew Giles

Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs

Contents

1 Name

2 Commencement

3 Authority

4 Schedules

Schedule 1—Amendments

Part 1—Amendments

Australian Citizenship Regulation 2016

Part 2—Application of amendments

Australian Citizenship Regulation 2016

1  Name

  This instrument is the Australian Citizenship Amendment (Indexation of Fees) Regulations 2024.

2  Commencement

 (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

 (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3  Authority

  This instrument is made under the Australian Citizenship Act 2007.

4  Schedules

  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendments

Part 1—Amendments

Australian Citizenship Regulation 2016

1  Schedule 3 (table item 1, column 2)

Omit “$345”, substitute “$360”.

2  Schedule 3 (table item 1, column 2)

Omit “$145”, substitute “$150”.

3  Schedule 3 (table item 2, column 2)

Omit “$345”, substitute “$360”.

4  Schedule 3 (table item 3, column 2)

Omit “$345”, substitute “$360”.

5  Schedule 3 (table item 3, column 2)

Omit “$145”, substitute “$150”.

6  Schedule 3 (table item 4, column 2)

Omit “$345”, substitute “$360”.

7  Schedule 3 (table item 13, column 2)

Omit “$75”, substitute “$80”.

8  Schedule 3 (table item 14, column 2)

Omit “$540”, substitute “$560”.

9  Schedule 3 (table item 16, column 2)

Omit “$330”, substitute “$345”.

10  Schedule 3 (table item 18, column 2)

Omit “$330”, substitute “$345”.

11  Schedule 3 (table item 20, column 2)

Omit “$230”, substitute “$240”.

12  Schedule 3 (table item 21, column 2)

Omit “$290”, substitute “$300”.

13  Schedule 3 (table item 24, column 2)

Omit “$265”, substitute “$275”.

Part 2—Application of amendments

Australian Citizenship Regulation 2016

14  At the end of Part 4

Add:

35  Application of amendments made by Part 1 of Schedule 1 of the Australian Citizenship Amendment (Indexation of Fees) Regulations 2024

  The amendments of this instrument made by Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Australian Citizenship Amendment (Indexation of Fees) Regulations 2024 apply in relation to an application made on or after 1 July 2024.