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Migration (Visa Application) Charge Act 1997

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(1) This Act commences on a day to be fixed by Proclamation. (2) If this Act does not commence under subsection (1) within 6 months beginning on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent, it commences on the first day after the end of that period.

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