{"id":"F1996B01671","name":"Migration (Health Services) Charge Regulations","slug":"migration-health-services-charge-regulations","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"97 of 1992","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":29125,"registerId":"commonwealth-F1996B01671-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Migration (Health Services) Charge Regulations","content":"Statutory Rules 1992 No. 971\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\nMigration (Health Services) Charge Regulations\n\nI, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Migration Act 1958.\n\nDated 7 April 1992.\n\nBILL HAYDEN\n\nGovernor-General\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nGERRY HAND\n\nMinister of State for Immigration, Local\n\nGovernment and Ethnic Affairs\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\nCitation\n\n1. These Regulations may be cited as the Migration (Health Services) Charge Regulations.\n\n\\[NOTE: These Regulations commence on gazettal: see Acts Interpretation Act 1901, s. 48\\]\n\n  \nInterpretation\n\n2. In these Regulations:\n\n“charge” has the same meaning as in the Migration (Health Services) Charge Act 1991.\n\nRefund of charge\n\n3. A charge paid by a person to whom a visa has been issued is to be refunded:\n\n(a) if:\n\n(i) the visa is cancelled; and\n\n(ii) the person does not travel to Australia in reliance on that visa before the visa is cancelled; or\n\n(b) if:\n\n(i) the visa expires; and\n\n(ii) the person does not travel to Australia in reliance on that visa before the visa expires.\n\nNOTE\n\n1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 14 April 1992.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1318},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Regulations remain tightly focused on their original purpose of specifying refund circumstances for the health services charge, with no expansion beyond this narrow administrative function."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 short sections total","Single defined term referencing an external Act","Two simple, non-nested conditions for refund","No cross-references within the instrument itself","Extremely narrow scope covering only one specific scenario (refunds)"],"plain_english_summary":"These Regulations set out when you can get a **refund of the health services charge** you paid for an Australian visa.\n\n**Who this affects:**\nAnyone who paid the health services charge (a fee for potential future health costs) when applying for a visa.\n\n**When you get your money back:**\nYou are entitled to a refund if:\n- Your visa is **cancelled** and you didn't travel to Australia using that visa before it was cancelled; or\n- Your visa **expires** and you didn't travel to Australia using that visa before it expired.\n\n**In plain terms:** If you paid the charge but never actually came to Australia because your visa was cancelled or expired first, you get the fee refunded."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/migration-health-services-charge-regulations","history":"/api/acts/migration-health-services-charge-regulations/history","analysis":"/api/acts/migration-health-services-charge-regulations/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/migration-health-services-charge-regulations/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/migration-health-services-charge-regulations/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/migration-health-services-charge-regulations/documents"}}