WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 1984
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DOUBLED FEES WILL BRING IN $1 MILLION ******
FEES FOR VARIOUS SERVICES PROVIDED UNDER THE BIRTHS AND DEATHS REGISTRATION ORDINANCE ARE TO BE GENERALLY INCREASED BY 100 PER CENT.
THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON MR G.L. MORTIMER MOVED THE SECOND READING IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY OF THE BIRTHS AND DEATHS REGISTRATION (AMENDMENT) BILL 1984.
HE EXPLAINED THAT THE SERVICES WERE PROVIDED BY THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT AND INCLUDED THE POST-REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, THE SEARCH OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS RECORDS, AND THE ISSUE OF CERTIFICATES OF REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONS OR ALTERATIONS TO THE NAME OF A CHILD.
*THE FEES WERE LAST REVISED IN 1975, SAID MR MORTIMER. OBJECT OF THE REVISIONS NOW PROPOSED IS TO RECOVER A GREATER PROPORTION OF THE COST OF THE SERVICES.+
HE EXPLAINED THE REVISIONS WERE BASED ON A COST STUDY AND TOOK INTO ACCOUNT THE IMPACT ON USERS OF THE SERVICES.
+MOST OF THE FEES ARE TO BE INCREASED BY 100 PER CENT. ESTIMATED THAT ADDITIONAL REVENUE OF NOT MORE THAN $1 MILLION PER ANNUM WILL BE GENERATED.+
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MR MORTIMER ALSO MOVED THE SECOND READING OF THE FOREIGN MARRIAGE (AMENDMENT) BILL 1984. THIS BILL REVISES FEES FOR THE ISSUE OF CERTIFICATES AND LICENCES IN RESPECT OF FOREIGN MARRIAGES. THE CHARGES HAVE REMAINED UNCHANGED SINCE 1950.
IT IS PROPOSED THEY BE INCREASED FROM $1 AND $30 TO $5 AND $60 RESPECTIVELY.
A THIRD SET OF FEE INCREASES WAS CONTAINED IN THE LEGITIMACY (AMENDMENT) BILL 1984, ALSO MOVED FOR A SECOND READING BY MR MORTIMER.
THIS PROPOSES REVISIONS IN FEES FOR THE RE-REGISTRATION OF THE BIRTH OF LEGITIMATED PERSONS AND THE ISSUE OF CERTIFIED COPIES OF ENTRIES OF THE BIRTH OF SUCH PERSONS.
THE FEES HAVE NOT CHANGED SINCE 1971 AND IT IS PROPOSED THEY GO UP FROM $1.50 AND $15 TO $10 AND $30 RESPECTIVELY.
DEBATE ON THE BILLS WAS ADJOURNED.
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