Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00115:reg:6:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00115
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 6 (pt 3/38)
Character Range: 762505–765197

person's citizenship or nationality or a statement that the person is stateless;
 (iv) the country of issue and number of the person's passport.

4.31A  Combined applications for review by the ART
  If:
 (a) 2 or more applicants have combined their primary applications for a protection visa in a way permitted by Schedule 1 or regulation 2.08, 2.08A, 2.08AAA or 2.08B; and
 (b) the Minister's decisions in respect of 2 or more of those applicants are that protection visas not be granted; and
 (c) the Minister's decisions are reviewable protection decisions;
the applicants referred to in paragraph (b) may combine their applications for review by the ART of the Minister's decisions.

4.31B  Review by the ART—fee and waiver
 (1) The prescribed fee for an application for review by the ART of a reviewable protection decision is $2,151.
Note: The fee in this subregulation is subject to increase under regulation 4.31BA.
 (2) The fee must be paid within the 7‑day period beginning on the day when:
 (a) if the ART's decision is given to the applicant orally—the applicant is taken, under subsection 368(7) of the Act, to have been notified of that decision; or
 (b) otherwise—the applicant is taken, under section 379C of the Act, to have received the notification of that decision.
 (3) No fee is payable if the ART remits a matter to which the decision relates with a permissible order under regulation 4.33.
 (3AA) No fee is payable for review of a reviewable protection decision if:
 (a) the decision was referred to the ART under subitem 35(2) or 37(2) of Schedule 16 to the Administrative Review Tribunal (Consequential and Transitional Provisions No. 1) Act 2024; or
  (b) the proceeding for review of the decision was continued and finalised by the ART in accordance with subitem 36(2) of that Schedule.
 (3A) No further fee is payable under this regulation if:
 (a) a fee has been paid under this regulation; and
 (b) following the ART's determination, the matter in relation to which the fee was paid is remitted by a court for reconsideration by the ART.
 (4) If 2 or more applications for review are combined in accordance with regulation 4.31A, only 1 fee is payable for reviews that result from those applications.

4.31BA  Annual increases in fees
  The fee prescribed by subregulation 4.31B(1) is increased in accordance with regulation 4.31BB, on each 1 July starting on 1 July 2025.

4.31BB  Calculation of increase
 (1) If, in a relevant period, the latest CPI number is greater than the earlier CPI number, a fee is taken to increase, on 1 July immediately following the end of the period, in accordance with the formula:
where:
earlier CPI number is the CPI number for