PASSPORTS REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1986 NO. 212 PASSPORTS REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1986 NO. 212 - TABLE OF PROVISIONS 1. Principal Regulations 2. Validity and renewal of Australian passports 3. Endorsement of Australian passport, &c. 4. Review of decisions 5. Schedule 2 6. Savings 1986 No. 212 PASSPORTS REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 1 Principal Regulations 1. In these Regulations, "Principal Regulations" means the Passports Regulations. 1986 No. 212 PASSPORTS REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 2 Validity and renewal of Australian passports 2. Regulation 7 of the Principal Regulations is amended- (a) by inserting in sub-regulation (1) "to a person other than a prescribed minor" after "Australian passport"; (b) by omitting from sub-regulation (1) "5" and substituting "10"; (c) by inserting after sub-regulation (1) the following sub-regulation: "(1A) Where an authorized officer issues an Australian passport to a prescribed minor, the day on which the validity of the passport will expire shall be a day specified by that officer in the passport, being a day not later than 5 years after the day on which the passport is issued."; (d) by inserting in sub-regulation (2) "issued to a person other than a prescribed minor" after "Australian passport"; (e) by omitting from sub-regulation (2) "5" and substituting "10"; and (f) by adding at the end the following sub-regulation: "(3) An authorized officer may, from time to time, renew an Australian passport issued to a prescribed minor by extending the period of the validity of the passport until a day specified by that officer in the passport, being a day not later than 5 years after the day on which the passport is issued.". 1986 No. 212 PASSPORTS REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 3 Endorsement of Australian passport, &c. 3. Regulation 11 of the Principal Regulations is amended- (a) by omitting from paragraph (4) (d) "(other than particulars referred to in paragraph (e))"; (b) by omitting paragraph (4) (e); and (c) by omitting sub-regulations (5), (6), (7) and (8). 1986 No. 212 PASSPORTS REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 4 Review of decisions 4. Regulation 14 of the Principal Regulations is amended- (a) by omitting from paragraph (b) of the definition of "Ministerial decision" in sub-regulation (1) "sub-regulation 5 (2) or 7 (2) or regulation 11" and substituting "these Regulations"; (b) by inserting in sub-paragraph (a) (ii) of the definition of "reviewable decision" in sub-regulation (1) "or 7 (3)" after "7 (2)"; (c) by omitting from sub-paragraph (a) (viii) of the definition of "reviewable decision" in sub-regulation (1) "or"; and (d) by omitting paragraph (b) of the definition of "reviewable decision" in sub-regulation (1). 1986 No. 212 PASSPORTS REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 5 Schedule 2 5. Schedule 2 to the Principal Regulations is amended- (a) by omitting item 1 and substituting the following items: "1 For the issue of an Australian passport to a person other than a prescribed minor $60.00 1A For the issue of an Australian passport to a prescribed minor $25.00 "; (b) by omitting from item 2 "$2.50" and substituting "$5.00"; (c) by omitting from item 4 "$5.00" and substituting "$10.00"; (d) by omitting from item 5 "$2.50 for each year or part of a year of renewal" and substituting "$5.00"; and (e) by omitting from item 6 "$2.50 for each year or part of a year of renewal" and substituting "$5.00". 1986 No. 212 PASSPORTS REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 6 Savings 6. (1) Notwithstanding the amendment of sub-regulation 7 (2) of the Principal Regulations made by these Regulations, that sub-regulation shall continue to apply to and in relation to the renewal of an Australian passport issued before the day on which these Regulations come into operation. (2) Notwithstanding the omission of sub-regulation 11 (8) of the Principal Regulations by these Regulations, that sub-regulation shall continue to apply to and in relation to an endorsement made on an Australian passport in relation to a prescribed minor before the day on which these Regulations come into operation. - NOTES 1986 No. 212*1* PASSPORTS REGULATIONS*2* (AMENDMENT) *1* Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 20 August 1986. *2* Statutory Rules 1939 No. 47 as amended to date. For previous amendments see Note 2 to Statutory Rules 1986 No. 25 and see also Statutory Rules 1986 No. 25.