Migration (Sponsorship Fees) Act 2007

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

This section applies to a fee paid if:

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

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.

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]