Commonwealth legislation

Naturalization Regulations 1915 (Provisional)

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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.

Jurisdiction

Commonwealth

Act Number

117 of 1915

Collection

legislative instrument

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What this does: These regulations set administrative fees for accessing naturalization records held by the Department of External Affairs.

Key provisions:

Searching records: Anyone can pay 2 shillings and 6 pence to search the government records of naturalization certificates
Certified copies: Anyone can pay 2 shillings and 6 pence to obtain an official certified copy of a naturalization certificate

What is naturalization? At this time in Australian history, naturalization was the process by which a non-British person could become a British subject (the legal status equivalent to citizenship).

Why "provisional"? These regulations were certified as "provisional" by the Governor-General, meaning they took effect immediately due to urgency, rather than following the usual waiting period.

Who it affects: People seeking to prove their own or their ancestors' naturalization status, as well as historians and genealogists researching citizenship records from this era.

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Naturalization Regulations 1915 (Provisional)

STATUTORY RULES

1915. No. 117.

PROVISIONAL REGULATIONS UNDER THE NATURALIZATION ACT 1903.

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby certify that, on account of urgency, the following Regulations under the Naturalization Act 1903 should come into immediate operation and make the Regulations to come into operation forthwith as Provisional Regulations.

Dated this seventh day of July, One thousand nine hundred and fifteen.

R. M. FERGUSON,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

H. MAHON,

Minister for External Affairs.

Naturalization Regulations 1915.

Short Title.

These Regulations may be cited as the Naturalization Regulations 1915.

Fee for Search.

Any person may, on application at the office of the Naturalization Branch of the Department of External Affairs, have a search made in the records of memorials of certificates of naturalization upon payment of a fee of two shillings and sixpence for each search.

Fee for Certified Copy.

Certified copies of any certificate of naturalization may be obtained by any person from the office of the Naturalization Branch of the Department of External Affairs on payment of a fee of two shillings and sixpence for each certified copy.

Approved by the Federal Executive Council,

(Sgd.) GEO. STEWARD,

Secretary to the Council

July 7th, 1915.

Printed and Published for the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia by Albert J. Mullett, Government Printer for the State of Victoria.

C.9280.—Price 3d.

Source text

Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation (legislation.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.

1 Naturalization Regulations 1915 (Provisional)