Migration (Angola-United Nations Security Council Resolutions) Regulations (Cth)

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Statutory Rules 1997No. 404 1

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Migration (Angola—United Nations Security Council Resolutions) Regulations

I, The 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 18 December 1997.

 WILLIAM DEANE

 Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

PHILIP RUDDOCK

Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs

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Citation

 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Migration (Angola—United Nations Security Council Resolutions) Regulations.

[NOTE:  These Regulations commence on gazettal: see Acts Interpretation Act 1901, s 48.]

Definitions

 2. In these Regulations:

“Act” means the Migration Act 1958;

“Committee” means the Committee established under United Nations Security Council Resolution 864 (1993).

Application

 3.These Regulations apply in addition to, and despite any provision to the contrary in, any other Regulations under the Act.

Special criterion for grant of visa

 4.(1) The criterion mentioned in subregulation (2) is applicable (at the time of decision) to an applicant for a visa of any class.

 (2) The applicant must not be a person who is designated by the Committee as a senior official, or an adult member of the immediate family of a senior official, of the União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (UNITA).

 (3) However, this regulation does not apply if the Minister is satisfied that:

  • (a)

    the person is an official who is necessary for the full functioning of:

    • (i)

      the Angolan Government of Unity and National Reconciliation;

    • (ii)

      the Angolan National Assembly; or

    • (iii)

      the Joint Commission established under the Lusaka Protocol; or

  • (b)

    there is a case of medical emergency.

Cancellation of visa

 5. For paragraph 116 (1) (g) of the Act, the fact that the holder of a visa is a person to whom regulation 4 applies is a prescribed ground for cancelling a visa.

NOTE

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette

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