The new regulations will provide:

• for the registration of persons who are Australian citizens by descent or adoption in accordance with the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption or who have resumed Australian citizenship
• acceptable reasons for failing to make a pledge of commitment
• arrangements for making a pledge of commitment
• the form of notice of evidence of Australian citizenship
• the matters of which an applicant must be informed when asked to provide personal identifiers
• that translations must be included with non-English information or documentation accompanying applications for Australian citizenship
• the fees that must accompany applications for Australian citizenship
• for the refund of the whole or part of a fee
  and
• the methods by which the Minister must give notice of a decision under the Act.