9Fee on lodgment of application for grant of certificate of Australian citizenship

9 Fee on lodgment of application for grant of certificate of Australian citizenship (1) Subject to subregulations (1A), (1AA), (1B), (1C) and (2), a fee of $120 is payable on the lodgment of an application under section 13 of the Act for the grant of a certificate of Australian citizenship. (1A) The fee payable under subregulation (1) is $20 if the applicant: (a) produces evidence, issued by Centrelink, that identifies the applicant as the recipient of at least 1 of the following: (i) an age pension under Part 2.2 of the Social Security Act 1991; (ii) a disability support pension under Part 2.3 of that Act; (iii) a carer payment under Part 2.5 of that Act; (iv) a mature age allowance under Part 2.12A or 2.12B of that Act; (v) a special benefit under Part 2.15 of that Act which the applicant has been receiving for at least 46 of the previous 52 weeks; or (b) produces evidence, issued by Centrelink, that identifies the applicant as a person who is over 60 years old at the time of application for grant of a certificate, and the recipient of at least 1 of the following for at least the period of 9 months immediately before the application: (i) a widow allowance under Part 2.8A of the Social Security Act 1991; (ii) a parenting payment under Part 2.10 of that Act; (iii) a newstart allowance under Part 2.12 of that Act; (iv) a sickness allowance under Part 2.14 of that Act; (v) a special benefit under Part 2.15 of that Act; (vi) a partner allowance under Part 2.15A of that Act; or (c) produces evidence, issued by the Department of Veterans’ Affairs, that identifies the applicant as the recipient of at least 1 of the following: (i) an age service pension under Division 3 of Part III of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986; (ii) an invalidity service pension under Division 4 of Part III of that Act; (iii) an income support supplement under Part IIIA of that Act. (1AA) The fee payable under subregulation (1) is $20 if the applicant: (a) is the partner of the recipient of a pension, allowance, payment, benefit or supplement mentioned in subregulation (1A), other than a partner allowance under Part 2.15A of the Social Security Act 1991; and (b) produces evidence, issued by Centrelink or the Department of Veterans’ Affairs, that identifies the applicant as the recipient of a means-tested pension, allowance, payment, benefit or supplement; and (c) is the recipient of that means-tested pension, allowance, payment, benefit or supplement because the applicant is the partner of the recipient of a pension, allowance, payment, benefit or supplement listed in subregulation (1A), other than a partner allowance under Part 2.15A of the Social Security Act 1991. (1B) A fee is not payable under subregulation (1) if an authorised officer is satisfied that the applicant: (a) entered Australia from the United Kingdom or Malta between 22 September 1947 and 31 December 1967 (inclusive); and (b) was a ward of the Minister under the Immigration (Guardianship of Children) Act 1946. (1C) A fee is not payable under subregulation (1) if an authorised officer is satisfied that the applicant has completed not less than 3 months of relevant defence service. > Note See subsection 5 (1) of the Act for the definition of relevant defence service. (2) Where: (a) an application under section 13 of the Act has been refused solely on the grounds that the applicant did not satisfy the requirements of paragraph 13 (1) (d) or (e) of the Act, or both, as the case may be; and (b) the applicant makes a further application under section 13 of the Act; and (c) the authorised officer with whom the further application is lodged believes, on reasonable grounds, after consideration of any relevant information supplied to him or her, that: (i) the applicant, at the time of lodgment of the further application, satisfies the requirements of paragraphs 13 (1) (d) and (e) of the Act; and (ii) that further application is being lodged not later than 3 months after the first day on which the applicant would have satisfied the requirements of paragraph 13 (1) (d) and (e) of the Act if the applicant had lodged an application on that day; a fee is not payable under subregulation (1) in respect of that further application.