Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00800:section:504:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00800
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 504 (pt 1/3)
Character Range: 1321964–1324614

504  Regulations
 (1) The Governor‑General may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, prescribing all matters which by this Act are required or permitted to be prescribed or which are necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, may make regulations:
 (a) making provision for and in relation to:
 (i) the charging and recovery of fees in respect of any matter under this Act or the regulations, including the fees payable in connection with the review of decisions made under this Act or the regulations, whether or not such review is provided for by or under this Act; or
 (ii) the charging and recovery of fees in respect of English language tests conducted by or on behalf of the Department;
 (iii) the way, including the currency, in which fees are to be paid; or
 (iv) the persons who may be paid fees on behalf of the Commonwealth;
 (b) making provision for the remission, refund or waiver of fees of a kind referred to in paragraph (a) or for exempting persons from the payment of such fees;
 (c) making provision for or in relation to the furnishing or obtaining of information with respect to:
 (i) persons on board a vessel arriving at a port in Australia in the course of, or at the conclusion of, a voyage or flight that commenced at, or during which the vessel called at, a place outside Australia; and
 (ii) persons on board a vessel leaving a port in Australia and bound for, or calling at, a place outside Australia; and
 (iii) persons on board an aircraft arriving at or departing from an airport in Australia, being an aircraft operated by an international air carrier;
 (d) making provision for and in relation to the use that may be made by persons or bodies other than officers of the Department of information collected pursuant to regulations made under paragraph (c);
 (e) making provision for and in relation to:
 (i) the giving of documents to;
 (ii) the lodging of documents with; or
 (iii) the service of documents on;
  the Minister, the Secretary or any other person or body, for the purposes of this Act;
 (f) prescribing the practice and procedure in relation to proceedings before a Commissioner or a prescribed authority under this Act, including the summoning of witnesses, the production of documents, the taking of evidence on oath or affirmation, the administering of oaths or affirmations and the payment of expenses of witnesses;
 (g) requiring assurances of support to be given, in such circumstances as are prescribed or as the Minister thinks fit, in relation to persons seeking to enter, or remain