27Waivers

27 Waivers

General (1) For the purposes of paragraph 56(2)(a) of the Act, and subject to section 28A, the Minister may waive a fee in any of the following circumstances: (a) the fee is in relation to an application for a replacement passport for a child under 5 who has previously been issued with an Australian passport during his or her first year of life, if the child has not previously been issued with a replacement passport; (b) the fee is in relation to an application for a replacement passport for a person who, at the time of application, held a current Australian passport valid for at least another 2 years and whose name has changed because of any of the following reasons: (i) the person has married or divorced; (ii) the person has entered into, or ceased to be in, a registered relationship; (iii) the person has entered into, or ceased to be in, a de facto relationship; (iv) the person’s spouse, partner in a registered relationship or partner in a de facto relationship has died; (v) the person is transitioning to another gender; (c) the fee is in relation to an application for a replacement passport for a person who, at the time of application, held a current Australian passport valid for at least another 2 years and whose gender has changed; (d) the fee is in relation to an application for an Australian passport issued in circumstances mentioned in item 7 of the table in subsection 17(2) (surrendering diplomatic or official passports); (e) the fee is in relation to an application for an Australian passport issued in circumstances mentioned in item 9 of the table in subsection 17(2) (terminally ill child or family member); (f) the fee is in relation to an application for an Australian passport issued in circumstances mentioned in item 12 of the table in subsection 17(2) (replacing passports issued with less than the maximum period of validity); (h) the fee is in relation to an application for a replacement Australian travel document that is to replace an Australian travel document that is faulty as a result of error by the Department; (i) the fee is in relation to an application for a certificate of identity to be issued for the deportation or removal of a person under the Migration Act 1958; (j) the fee is in relation to an application for an official passport on the surrender of a diplomatic passport; (k) the fee is in relation to an application for a passport of a kind mentioned in item 4 of the table in subsection 6(3) of the Australian Passports (Application Fees) Determination 2015 (overseas applications); (l) the Minister is satisfied that exceptional circumstances exist in relation to the applicant. Priority processing fee and fast track fee (2) For the purposes of paragraph 56(2)(a) of the Act, and subject to section 28A, the Minister may waive the additional fee for a matter mentioned in item 1, 2 or 3 of the table in subsection 6(3) of the Australian Passports (Application Fees) Determination 2015 if the Minister is satisfied that there are compassionate grounds for the waiver of the fee.