Migration Amendment Regulations 2007 (No. 3) (Cth)

Migration Amendment Regulations 2007 (No. 3)¹

Select Legislative Instrument 2007 No. 129

I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Migration Act 1958.

Dated 23 May 2007

P. M. JEFFERY

Governor‑General

By His Excellency’s Command

KEVIN ANDREWS

Minister for Immigration and Citizenship

Name of Regulations

These Regulations are the Migration Amendment Regulations 2007 (No. 3).

Commencement

These Regulations commence on 24 May 2007.

Amendment of Migration Regulations 1994

Schedule 1 amends the Migration Regulations 1994.

Transitional

The amendments made by Schedule 1 apply in relation to an application for a visa made on or after the commencement of these Regulations.

Schedule 1 Amendments

(regulation 3)

[1] Subregulation 5.38 (2)

substitute

(2)Subject to subregulation (3), a fee is payable for seeking to be approved as a sponsor in respect of a sponsorship of an applicant to which this regulation applies, as follows:

(a)if the person or organisation is seeking to sponsor more than 10 applicants together — $2 600;

(b)in any other case — $260 for each applicant the person or organisation is seeking to sponsor.

[2] Subregulation 5.38 (3)

omit

a sponsorship

insert

seeking to be approved as a sponsor

Note

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