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Australian Citizenship Act 1948
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#### 53 Regulations
The Governor‑General may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, prescribing all matters which by this Act are required or permitted to be prescribed, or which are necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act, and, in particular, for or in relation to:
(a) the time within which anything required or authorized to be done under this Act shall be done;
(b) the registration of anything required or authorized under this Act to be registered;
(c) the making of a pledge of commitment for the purposes of this Act;
(d) the giving of any notice which under this Act is required or authorized to be given to any person;
(f) the imposition and recovery of fees in respect of:
(i) any application under this Act;
(ii) any registration, the making of any declaration, the grant of any certificate or the making of a pledge of commitment authorized to be made or granted under this Act; and
(iii) the supplying of a certified or other copy of any declaration, certificate or oath made, granted or taken under this Act;
(fa) the remission, refund or waiver of fees of a kind referred to in paragraph (f) or the exemption of persons from the payment of such fees;
(g) the issue of certificates declaratory of the Australian citizenship of persons who are Australian citizens;
(h) the conditions upon which persons may render, for reward, services in respect of applications under this Act including the charges which may be made in respect of any such service;
(j) the imposition of penalties not exceeding a fine of $1,000 for any offence against the regulations; and
(k) the investing of any court of a State with federal jurisdiction to order reparation for loss suffered by reason of any offence against this Act or the regulations.