Migration Act 1958 Determination under section 175A Eligible Passports May 2013 (Cth)

Commonwealth of Australia

Migration Act 1958

ELIGIBLE PASSPORTS

(SECTION 175A)

I, MARTIN BOWLES, Secretary to the Department of Immigration and Citizenship, acting under section 175A of the Migration Act 1958 (the ‘Act’):

1.         REVOKE Instrument number IMMI 12/102 signed on 12 October 2012 determining eligible passports for the purposes of section 175A; AND

2. DETERMINE that for the purposes of section 165 of the Act, the following kinds of passports are ‘eligible passports’:

(a)        Australian ePassports; and

(b)        New Zealand ePassports; and

(c)        United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ePassports; and

(d)       United States of America ePassports.

This Instrument, IMMI 13/058, will commence on 17 June 2013.

Dated   20^th May 2013

MARTIN BOWLES

Secretary to the Department of Immigration and Citizenship