Australian Passports Amendment Determination 2010 (No. 2)1
Australian Passports Act 2005 and Australian Passports (Application Fees) Act 2005
I, KEVIN RUDD, Minister for Foreign Affairs, make this Determination under section 57 of the Australian Passports Act 2005 and section 8 of the Australian Passports (Application Fees) Act 2005.
Dated 9 December 2010
KEVIN RUDD
Minister for Foreign Affairs
1              Name of Determination
                This Determination is the Australian Passports Amendment Determination 2010 (No. 2).
2              Commencement
                This Determination commences on 1 January 2011.
3              Amendment of Australian Passports Determination 2005
                Schedule 1 amends the Australian Passports Determination 2005.
Schedule 1        Amendments
(section 3)
  
[1]           Section 8.1
substitute
8.1           Amount of fees
         (1)   For section 4 of the Application Fees Act, a fee is specified in accordance with this section for a matter mentioned in an item in Schedule 4.
Calendar year starting on 1 January 2011
         (2)   In the calendar year starting on 1 January 2011, subject to subsections (6) and (7), the amount of a fee for a matter mentioned in an item in Schedule 4 is the amount mentioned in column 3 of the item.
Calendar year starting on 1 January 2012, and subsequent calendar years
         (3)   Subject to subsections (4), (6) and (7), in the calendar year starting on 1 January 2012, or in a subsequent calendar year, the fee for a matter mentioned in an item in Schedule 4 is the amount worked out by multiplying the indexation factor for the calendar year by the amount of the fee for the matter in the previous calendar year before the amount was rounded under subsection (5).
         (4)   If the indexation factor for the calendar year is less than 1, the fee for the matter in the calendar year is the fee for the matter in the previous calendar year.
         (5)   If, apart from this subsection, the amount worked out under subsection (3) would be an amount of dollars and cents:
                (a)    the amount is to be rounded to the nearest whole dollar; and
               (b)    an amount of 50 cents is to be rounded up.
Additional fees
         (6)   The fee for a matter mentioned in item 4.1 of Schedule 4 is payable in addition to the fee (if any) for the issue of a travel document if the applicant requests that the document be issued within 48 hours after the provision of all the information requested by the Minister for the purpose of being satisfied of the identity or entitlement of the person in order to issue the document.
         (7)   Subject to subsection (8), the fee for a matter mentioned in item 4.2, 4.3 or 4.4 of Schedule 4 is payable in addition to the fee (if any) for an application for a travel document if:
                (a)    the applicant for the travel document has lost a travel document or travel documents, or had a travel document or travel documents stolen, in the period of 5 years before applying for the travel document; and
               (b)    the application is an application for a travel document to replace a travel document that has been lost or stolen.
         (8)   The reference in subsection (7) to a travel document that has been, or travel documents that have been, lost or stolen does not include a travel document if the fee, for a matter mentioned in item 4.2, 4.3 or 4.4 of Schedule 4, that was applicable on the replacement of that document has been waived under paragraph 8.2 (j), or a refund of the fee has been given under subsection 8.3 (4).
         (9)   In this section:
CPI number for a quarter means the All Groups Consumer Price Index number (being the weighted average of the 8 capital cities) first published by the Australian Statistician for the quarter.
indexation factor for the calendar year is the amount worked out, to 3 decimal places (rounding up if the fourth decimal place is 5 or more), by using the formula:
where:
later index number is the sum of the CPI numbers for the 4 quarters in the year ending on 30 September in the calendar year before the relevant calendar year.
earlier index number is the sum of the CPI numbers for the 4 quarters in the year ending on 30 September in the calendar year 2 calendar years before the relevant calendar year.
Note   All applicable fees (including the fees for the matters mentioned in Part 4 of Schedule 4, if applicable) are payable at the time the application is made — see section 7 of the Application Fees Act.
[2]           Subsections 8.3 (2) and (4)
omit
specified in
insert
for a matter mentioned in
[3]           Subsection 8.3 (5)
omit each mention of
specified in
insert
for a matter mentioned in
[4]           Subsection 8.3 (6)
omit
specified in
insert
for a matter mentioned in
[5]           Schedule 4
substitute
Schedule 4        Fees
(section 8.1)
  
Note   This Schedule specifies the amount of a fee for a matter in 2011. In 2012 and subsequent years, the amount of the fee is worked out by reference to an indexation factor in accordance with subsections 8.1 (3) to (5).
Part 1          Applications for passports
Item
Matter
Fee

1.1
Application for an Australian passport, other than an application mentioned in another item in this Part
$226

1.2
Application for an Australian passport for a child, other than an application mentioned in item 1.5 or 1.7
$113

1.3
Application by a person aged at least 75 years for an Australian passport to be valid for not more than 5 years, other than an application mentioned in item 1.6 or 1.7
$113

1.4
Application for an Australian frequent traveller passport, other than an application mentioned in item 1.5, 1.6 or 1.7
$340

1.5
Application for an Australian frequent traveller passport for a child, other than an application mentioned in item 1.7
$170

1.6
Application by a person aged at least 75 years for an Australian frequent traveller passport to be valid for not more than 5 years, other than an application mentioned in item 1.7
$170

1.7
Application for an emergency passport
No fee

Note   An Australian frequent traveller passport has extra visa pages.
Part 2          Applications for observations on passports
Item
Matter
Fee
 
2.1
Application for the making of an observation on a passport after the issue of the passport
$14

Part 3          Applications for travel-related documents
Item
Matter
Fee
 
3.1
Application for a certificate of identity
$136

3.2
Application for extension of a certificate of identity
$14

3.3
Application for a document of identity
Note   The fee for an application by, or on behalf of, an Australian citizen for a document of identity for travel between Australia and Norfolk Island only may be waived.
$45

3.4
Application for extension of a document of identity
$14

3.5
Application for a convention travel document
$136

3.6
Application for extension of a convention travel document
$11

3.7
Application for a provisional travel document
No fee

Part 4          Additional fees
Item
Matter
Fee

4.1
Additional fee: priority processing
$100

4.2
Additional fee: 1 travel document lost or stolen
$100

4.3
Additional fee: 2 travel documents lost or stolen
$226

4.4
Additional fee: 3 or more travel documents lost or stolen
$452

Note
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