{"id":"F2024L00618","name":"Australian Passports (Application Fees) Amendment Determination 2024","slug":"australian-passports-application-fees-amendment-determination-2024","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":442403,"registerId":"F2024L00618-fast-fetch-1775957421769","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Australian Passports (Application Fees) Amendment Determination 2024","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-keywords: \"[SEC=OFFICIAL]\"\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n \n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nAustralian Passports (Application Fees) Amendment Determination 2024\n\nI, Penny Wong, Minister for Foreign Affairs, make the following determination.\n\nDated  28 May 2024  \n\nPenny Wong\n\nMinister for Foreign Affairs\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\n1  Name\n\n2  Commencement\n\n3  Authority\n\n4  Schedules\n\nSchedule 1—Amendments\n\nAustralian Passports (Application Fees) Determination 2015\n\nSchedule 2—Transitional provision\n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This is the Australian Passports (Application Fees) Amendment Determination 2024.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n  (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.\n\n- Commencement information\n- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3\n- Provisions Commencement Date/Details\n- The whole of this instrument 1 July 2024.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.\n\n (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.\n\n3  Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under the Australian Passports (Application Fees) Act 2005.\n\n4  Schedules\n\n  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.\n\nSchedule 1—Amendments\n\n \n\nAustralian Passports (Application Fees) Determination 2015\n\n1  Paragraph 5(1)(a)\n\nOmit “2019”, substitute “2024”.\n\n2  Subsection 5(3)\n\nOmit the table, substitute:\n\n- Application fees\n- Column 1 Column 2\n- Item Kind of application Fee\n- 1 Application for an Australian passport that is valid for up to 10 years (other than an application mentioned in a later item in this table) $398\n- 2 Application for an Australian passport for a child that is valid for up to 5 years (other than an application mentioned in a later item in this table) $201\n- 3 Application for an Australian passport:(a) for a child who is 16 or 17; and(b) that is valid for up to 10 years;other than an application mentioned in a later item in this table $398\n- 4 Application by a person who is 75 or over for an Australian passport that is valid for up to 5 years (other than an application mentioned in a later item in this table) $201\n- 5 Application for an emergency passport $250\n- 6 Application for a replacement passport (including a replacement passport to which item 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 or 17 of the table in subsection 17(2) of the Australian Passports Determination 2015 applies) $250\n- 7 Application for the making of an observation on a passport after the issue of the passport $20\n- 8 Application for a certificate of identity $250\n- 9 Application for a document of identity $105\n- 10 Application for a convention travel document $250\n- 11 Application for a provisional travel document Nil\n\n\n3  Subsection 6(1)\n\nOmit “fee in respect of”, substitute “additional fee in respect of”.\n\n4  Paragraph 6(1)(a)\n\nOmit “2019”, substitute “2024”.\n\n5  Subsection 6(3)\n\nOmit the table, substitute:\n\n- Additional fees\n- Column 1 Column 2\n- Item Kind of application Fee\n- 1 Application for a priority processed travel document to be issued within 2 business days after the applicant gives all the information requested by the Minister for the purpose of being satisfied of the identity, entitlement or eligibility of the applicant $290\n- 2 Application for a fast tracked travel document to be issued within 5 business days after the applicant gives all the information requested by the Minister for the purpose of being satisfied of the identity, entitlement or eligibility of the applicant $100\n- 3 Application for a priority processed travel document, as mentioned in item 2, where a fast tracked travel document fee has already been paid by the person in respect of the travel document under item 1. $190\n- 4 Application for an Australian passport (other than an emergency passport, a replacement passport or a passport for which the period of validity is less than the maximum period for a passport of that kind) that is made overseas (a) for an adult—$178; and(b) for a child—$87\n\n\n6  Part 3\n\nRepeal the Part.\n\nSchedule 2—Transitional provision\n\n1  Transitional provision\n\nThe Australian Passports (Application Fees) Determination 2015 as amended by this instrument applies in relation to applications lodged on or after 1 July 2024.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This amendment remains strictly within the original scope of the Australian Passports (Application Fees) Act 2005. It performs the routine function of updating fee amounts and simplifying administrative provisions (removing Part 3 on refunds/waivers). There is no expansion into new policy areas or substantive changes to eligibility criteria."},"complexity_factors":["Short instrument with only 6 substantive amendment items","Simple tabular structure for fee schedules (2 tables with 11 and 4 items respectively)","Straightforward repeal of entire Part 3 without replacement provisions","Single transitional provision with clear cut-off date (1 July 2024)","No nested definitions or complex conditional logic—fees are determined by straightforward criteria (age, location, urgency)","Minimal cross-referencing (only refers to parent Determination 2015 and Act 2005)"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument increases Australian passport fees from 1 July 2024, raising costs to reflect inflation and processing expenses, updates overseas application charges, and simplifies the fee framework by removing a section on refunds and waivers. It affects anyone applying or renewing on or after that date. The change matters because standard and urgent-processing fees are noticeably higher, altering travellers’ costs and options."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not broaden or narrow the classes of documents or applicants covered by the 2015 Determination; it replaces the fee tables and adjusts amounts and processing fees, repeals Part 3 and sets a 1 July 2024 start date. In short, the scope of covered applications remains the same while the financial terms and some procedural fee rules change (see Schedule 1 items 1–6 and Schedule 2; Commencement clause 2; Authority clause 3)."},"complexity_factors":["Multiple fee categories and revised amounts replacing the existing table (Schedule 1, amendment to subsection 5(3)).","Age- and validity-period distinctions (adult 10‑year, child 5‑year, 16–17 year 10‑year, 75+ 5‑year) require classifying applicants (Schedule 1, subsection 5(3) items 1–4).","Additional processing fees with an offset where a fast-track fee precedes a priority fee (Schedule 1, amendment to subsection 6(3) items 1–3).","Separate fees for replacement, emergency and various travel documents add line-item complexity (Schedule 1, subsection 5(3) items 5–11).","Repeal of Part 3 may remove prior procedural or fee rules and requires cross-checking the 2015 Determination for consequential effects (Schedule 1, item 6).","Clear commencement and transitional rule fixes an application date (1 July 2024) which limits retroactivity (Commencement clause 2(1); Schedule 2).","Instrument is a Ministerial determination under statutory authority rather than primary legislation, concentrating executive pricing discretion (Authority clause 3)."],"plain_english_summary":"Updates passport application and extra-processing fees and replaces the fee tables with new dollar amounts for adults, children, replacements, emergency documents and priority services. Applicants for Australian passports and other travel documents pay the revised fees; the Minister makes the change under the Australian Passports (Application Fees) Act 2005 and the instrument takes effect 1 July 2024 (see Commencement and Schedule 1)."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. 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