Migration Regulations 1994 Specification of Areas in the People's Republic of China IMMI 05/043 (Cth)

Commonwealth of Australia

Migration Regulations 1994

SPECIFICATION OF AREAS IN THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA FOR THE PURPOSES OF PARAGRAPH 676.214(a) OF THE

MIGRATION REGULATIONS 1994

I, PETER McGAURAN, Minister for Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs, acting under regulation 1.17 and paragraph 676.214(a) of the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations’) hereby:

1. REVOKE the notice specifying areas in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) for the purposes of paragraph 676.212A(a) of the Regulations signed on 15 April 2004;

1. SPECIFY the following Provinces as areas of the PRC for the purposes of paragraph 676.214(a) of the Regulations:

Guangdong, Hebei, Jiangsu, Shandong and Zhejiang;  AND

1. SPECIFY the following Municipalities as areas of the PRC for the purposes of paragraph 676.214(a) of the Regulations:

Beijing, Chongqing, Shanghai and Tianjin.

This notice has effect on and from 1 July 2005.

Dated               22  June 2005.

PETER McGAURAN

Minister for Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs

[NOTE 1:     Regulation 1.17 provides that the Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette, specify matters required by individual provisions of the Regulations to be specified for the purposes of those provisions.

NOTE 2: Clause 676.214 of the Regulations relevantly provides if an application is made by a citizen of the PRC mentioned in subparagraph 1218(1)(b) in Schedule 1, to the Regulations, the applicant must be a resident of an area in PRC specified by Gazette Notice, for the

purposes of paragraph 676.214(a).]