Immigration (Education) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1993 No. 541

Immigration (Education) Regulations2 (Amendment)

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Immigration (Education) Act 1971.

Dated 27 April 1993.

BILL HAYDEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

N. BOLKUS

Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs

 

1. Commencement

1.1 Regulation 3 is taken to have commenced on 1 January 1993.

[NOTE: The remainder of these Regulations commence on gazettal: see Acts Interpretation Act 1901, s. 48]

2. Amendment

2.1 The Immigration (Education) Regulations are amended as set out in these Regulations.

3. Regulation 5 (Definitions—section 4a of the Act)

3.1 Subregulation 5 (1):

Omit the subregulation, substitute:

“(1) For the purposes of section 4a of the Act, the following cards are prescribed:

(a) the cards known as:

(i) the Health Benefits Card; or

(ii) the Pensioner Health Benefits Card;

issued by the Department of Social Security for the purposes of the National Health Act 1953;

(b) the card known as the Health Care Card issued by the Department of Social Security for the purposes of the Health Insurance Act 1973;

(c) the cards known as:

(i) the Dependant Treatment Entitlement Card; or

(ii) the Pensioner Health Benefits Card;

issued by the Department of Veterans’ Affairs for the purposes of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986.”.

4. Regulation 6 (Prescribed matters—paragraph 4d (3) (b) of the Act)

4.1 After paragraph (d), insert:

“(e) any period or periods of absence from Australia;”.

 

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 4 May 1993.

2. Statutory Rules 1992 No. 432 as amended by 1993 No. 31.