Migration (Sponsorship Fees) Act 2007

No. 110, 2007

An Act to make payable certain fees paid in relation to sponsorship of applicants for temporary visas, and for related purposes

Contents

1 Short title

2 Commencement

3 Fees payable

Migration (Sponsorship Fees) Act 2007

No. 110, 2007

An Act to make payable certain fees paid in relation to sponsorship of applicants for temporary visas, and for related purposes

[Assented to 28 June 2007]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1  Short title

  This Act may be cited as the Migration (Sponsorship Fees) Act 2007.

2  Commencement

  This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

3  Fees payable

 (1) This section applies to a fee paid if:

 (a) the fee was paid for the sponsorship of an applicant for a temporary visa; and

 (b) the application was made on or after 1 May 1997 and before 24 May 2007; and

 (c) the fee was purportedly paid under regulation 5.38 of the Migration Regulations 1994.

 (2) The fee is taken to have been payable at the time the fee was paid.

[Minister’s second reading speech made in—

House of Representatives on 30 May 2007

Senate on 14 June 2007]