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1996
The Parliament of
the
Commonwealth of
Australia
HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first
time
Migration (Visa
Application) Charge Bill 1996
No. ,
1996
(Immigration and Multicultural
Affairs)
A Bill for an Act to impose a charge
in respect of applications for visas
9613720—975/11.10.1996—(137/96) Cat. No.
96 5252 3 ISBN 0644 479426
Contents
A Bill for an Act to impose a charge in respect of
applications for visas
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
This Act may be cited as the Migration (Visa Application) Charge Act
1996.
(1) This Act commences on a day to be fixed by Proclamation.
(2) If this Act does not commence under subsection (1) within 6 months
beginning on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent, it commences on the
first day after the end of that period.
(1) This Act extends to the territories to which the Migration Act
1958 extends.
(2) Visa application charge is payable in relation to a visa application
whether the application is made inside Australia or outside Australia.
Visa application charge payable under section 45A of the Migration Act
1958 is imposed.
(1) The charge limit in relation to a visa application made during the
financial year beginning on 1 July 1996 is $12,500.
(2) The charge limit for a later financial year is calculated by
multiplying the charge limit for the financial year before the later year by the
greater of 1.0 or the indexation factor worked out using the following
formula:
where:
CPI quarter means a period of 3 months ending on 31 March,
30 June, 30 September or 31 December.
index number means the All Groups Consumer Price Index number
(being the weighted average of the 8 capital cities) published by the Australian
Statistician.
(3) The indexation factor is to be calculated to 3 decimal places, but
increased by .001 if the 4th decimal place is more than 4.
(4) Calculations under subsection (2):
(a) are to be made using only the index numbers published in terms of
their most recently published reference base for the Consumer Price Index;
and
(b) are to disregard indexation numbers that are published in substitution
for previously published index numbers (where the substituted numbers are
published to take account of changes in the reference base).
(5) If an amount worked out under the formula in subsection (2) is not a
multiple of $5, the amount is to be rounded as follows:
(a) if the amount exceeds the nearest lower multiple of $5 by $2.50 or
more—round the amount up to the nearest higher multiple of $5;
(b) in any other case—round the amount down to the nearest lower
multiple of $5.