Migration Regulations 1994 Specification of Securities in Which an Investment is a Designated Investment IMMI 12/064 (Cth)

Commonwealth of Australia

Migration Regulations 1994

SECURITIES IN WHICH AN INVESTMENT IS A DESIGNATED INVESTMENT FOR THE PURPOSES OF SUBCLASSES 131, 162, 165, 188, 405, 844, 888, 891 & 893

(Regulation 5.19A)

I, CHRIS BOWEN, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, acting under regulation 5.19A of the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations’):

1. REVOKE Instrument IMMI 05/044 signed on 23 June 2005, specifying each security issued by a State or Territory government authority as a security in which an investment is a designated investment; and

2. SPECIFY each security issued by a State or Territory government authority referred to in the Schedule to this instrument as a security in which an investment is a designated investment for the purposes of Parts 131, 162, 165, 188, 405, 844, 888, 891 and 893 of Schedule 2 to the Regulations.

This Instrument, IMMI 12/064, commences on 1 July 2012, immediately after the commencement of Migration Amendment Regulation 2012(No. 2).

Dated 12 June             2012

CHRIS BOWEN

Minister for Immigration and Citizenship

[NOTE 1: Regulation 5.19A of the Regulations provides that the Minister may specify by Gazette Notice a security issued by an Australian State or Territory government authority as a security in which an investment is a designated investment for the purposes of a Part of Schedule 2.

NOTE 2: Subsection 56(1) of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003 provides that if the enabling legislation in relation to a legislative instrument as in force at any time before the commencing day of that Act required the text of the instrument, or particulars of its making, to be published in the Gazette, the requirement for publication in the Gazette is taken, in relation to any such instrument made on or after that day, to be satisfied if the instrument is registered.]

SCHEDULE

SECURITY	ISSUING AUTHORITY
Government Bonds of Victoria	Treasury Corporation of Victoria
New South Wales Treasury Bonds	New South Wales Treasury Corporation
Queensland Bonds	Queensland Treasury Corporation
Queensland Industry Bonds	Queensland Industry Development Corporation before 1 December 1996
TASCORP Inscribed Stock	Tasmanian Public Finance Corporation
Territory Bonds	Northern Territory Treasury Corporation
Western Australian State Bonds	Western Australian Treasury Corporation
South Australian Government Financing Authority Bonds	South Australian Government Financing Authority