Migration Amendment (Review of the Regulations) Regulation 2016 (Cth)

Migration Amendment (Review of the Regulations) Regulation 2016

I, General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Ret’d), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulation.

Dated 24 November 2016

Peter Cosgrove

Governor‑General

By His Excellency’s Command

Peter Dutton

Minister for Immigration and Border Protection

Contents

1Name

This is the Migration Amendment (Review of the Regulations) Regulation 2016.

2Commencement

1. (1)

   Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provisions	Commencement	Date/Details
1. The whole of this instrument	The day after this instrument is registered.	26 November 2016

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

1. (2)

   Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3Authority

This instrument is made under the Migration Act 1958.

4Schedules

Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendments

Migration Regulations 1994

1

After Division 5.8

Insert:

Division 5.8A—Review of these Regulations

5.44AReview of these Regulations

Requirement for review

1. (1)

   The Secretary must ensure that there is a review of the operation of these Regulations.

Initial review in the 2017/18 financial year

1. (2)

   The first review must:

   1. (a)

      start during the period:

      1. (i)

         beginning on 1 July 2017; and

      2. (ii)

         ending on 30 June 2018; and

   2. (b)

      be completed within 2 years after the day that the review begins.

Subsequent 10 yearly reviews

1. (3)

   Subsequent reviews must:

   1. (a)

      start as soon as possible after the end of every 10 year period, with the first period beginning on 1 October 2017; and

   2. (b)

      be completed within 2 years after the day that the review begins.