Migration Act 1958 Approval under paragraphs 235(7)(a) and 245AF(a) Approval of Activities June 2010 (Cth)

Commonwealth of Australia

Migration Act 1958

APPROVAL OF ACTIVITIES

(PARAGRAPHS 235(7)(a) and 245AF(a))

I, ANDREW METCALFE, Secretary to the Department of Immigration and Citizenship, acting under paragraph 235(7)(a) and paragraph 245AF(a) of the Migration Act 1958 (‘the Act’) APPROVE the following activities for the purposes of each of those paragraphs:

• cleaning for personal purposes
• cooking
• educational classes and activities
• computing
• cultural activities
• excursions
• religious services and activities
• arts and crafts
• voluntary community activities
• recreational activities, including but not limited to:

·       games

·       gardening

·       physical fitness activities

·       reading

·       music

·       sport and sporting competitions

·       television and movies

This instrument, IMMI 10/019, commences on 11 June 2010.

Date 3 June 2010

ANDREW METCALFE

Secretary to the Department of Immigration and Citizenship

[NOTE 1: Paragraph 235(7)(a) of the Act provides that ‘work’ for the purposes of section 235 does not include an activity in which a detainee in immigration detention voluntarily engages where the activity is of a kind approved in writing by the Secretary.

NOTE 2: Paragraph 245AF(a) of the Act provides that no offence is committed where a detainee in immigration detention voluntarily engages in an activity of a kind approved in writing by the Secretary].