Passport (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2012: revoked, on 30 November 2015, pursuant to regulation 9 of the Passport (Fees) Regulations 2015 (LI 2015/264).

Jerry Mateparae, Governor-General

Order in Council

At Wellington this 29th day of October 2012

Present:
His Excellency the Governor-General in Council

Note

Changes authorised by subpart 2 of Part 2 of the Legislation Act 2012 have been made in this official reprint.

Note 4 at the end of this reprint provides a list of the amendments incorporated.

These regulations are administered by the Department of Internal Affairs.

Pursuant to section 40 of the Passports Act 1992, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, makes the following regulations.

Regulations

1 Title

These regulations are the Passport (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2012.

2 Commencement

These regulations come into force on 2 November 2012.

3 Principal regulations

These regulations amend the Passport (Fees) Regulations 1996 (the principal regulations).

4 New regulation 7B inserted (Online fees)

After regulation 7A, insert:

7B Online fees

The fees set out in Part 3 of the Schedule are payable for applications lodged online through an Internet site maintained by or on behalf of the Secretary.

5 Regulation 9 replaced (Goods and services tax included)

Replace regulation 9 with:

9 Goods and services tax

The fees prescribed by these regulations are expressed exclusive of any goods and services tax payable under the Goods and Services Tax Act 1985.

6 Schedule replaced

Replace the Schedule with the Schedule set out in the Schedule of these regulations.

Schedule Schedule replaced

r 6

Schedule Fees

rr 3, 4, 5, 7B

Part 1 Applications lodged at passports office in New Zealand, London, or Sydney (or forwarded to passports office in New Zealand, London, or Sydney from New Zealand overseas mission or New Zealand overseas post)

		Fee ($)
Item	Matter	Passports office in New Zealand	Passports office in London or Sydney
1	For the issue of a passport for the first time (except in the circumstances described in items 3 and 4).	121.74	176
2	For the issue of a passport to a person who has previously been issued a passport (except in the circumstances described in items 3 and 4).	116.96	176
3	For the issue of a passport to a child under 16 years (except in the circumstances described in item 4).	71.11	90
4	For the issue of a replacement passport on the surrender, before its expiry, of an emergency travel document for which a fee has already been paid under item 2 of Part 2.	0	0
5	For the issue of a certificate of identity.	71.11
6	For the issue of a refugee travel document.	71.11
7	Priority service fee under regulation 4.	133.33	176
8	Callout fee under regulation 5.	444.44	500

Part 2 Fees payable for services provided by New Zealand overseas mission or New Zealand overseas post

Item		Matter		Fee ($)
1		Handling fee for forwarding an application for a passport to a passports office in New Zealand, London, or Sydney (in addition to relevant fees payable under Part 1).		50
2		For the issue of an emergency travel document.		350

Part 3 Applications lodged online

Item		Matter		Fee ($)
1		For the issue of a passport.		108.26

Michael Webster,
for Clerk of the Executive Council.

Explanatory note

This note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general effect.

These regulations, which come into force on 2 November 2012, amend the Passport (Fees) Regulations 1996 (the principal regulations).

The amendments—

introduce a new fee for passport applications lodged online; and
reduce the fee for adult passport paper applications lodged in New Zealand; and
express all of the fees in the principal regulations exclusive of goods and services tax (after taking into account the 1 October 2010 goods and services tax increase).

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.

Date of notification in Gazette: 1 November 2012.

Reprints notes

1 General

This is a reprint of the Passport (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2012 that incorporates all the amendments to those regulations as at the date of the last amendment to them.

2 Legal status

Reprints are presumed to correctly state, as at the date of the reprint, the law enacted by the principal enactment and by any amendments to that enactment. Section 18 of the Legislation Act 2012 provides that this reprint, published in electronic form, has the status of an official version under section 17 of that Act. A printed version of the reprint produced directly from this official electronic version also has official status.

3 Editorial and format changes

Editorial and format changes to reprints are made using the powers under sections 24 to 26 of the Legislation Act 2012. See also http://www.pco.parliament.govt.nz/editorial-conventions/.

4 Amendments incorporated in this reprint

Passport (Fees) Regulations 2015 (LI 2015/264): regulation 9

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