Migration Regulations 1994 Specification under regulation 1.03 Appropriate Regional Authority June 2009 (Cth)
Commonwealth of Australia
Migration Regulations 1994
“APPROPRIATE REGIONAL AUTHORITY”
(REGULATION 1.03)
I, CHRIS EVANS, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, acting under the definition of “appropriate regional authority” in regulation 1.03 of the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations’) hereby:
REVOKE the Instrument number IMMI 05/048 signed on 23 June 2005 specifying Departments and authorities as appropriate regional authorities for the purposes of the definition of “appropriate regional authority” in regulation 1.03 of the Regulations; and
SPECIFY for the purposes of the definition of “appropriate regional authority” in regulation 1.03 the Departments or authorities of the States and Territories listed in the Schedule to this notice in relation to the grant of visas of the following classes:
Business Skills (Migrant) (Class AD);
Business Skills (Residence) (Class BH);
Business Skills – Established Business (Residence) (Class BH);
Business Skills (Residence) (Class DF);
Business Skills (Provisional) (Class UR); and
Investor Retirement (Class UY).
This Instrument commences on 1 July 2009.
Dated 14 June 2009
CHRIS EVANS
Minister for Immigration and Citizenship
[NOTE: An “appropriate regional authority” is defined in regulation 1.03 of the Regulations. The definition provides that in relation to a State or Territory and applications for visas of a particular class, an “appropriate regional authority” is a Department or authority of that State or Territory that is specified by Gazette Notice, for the purposes of these Regulations, in relation to the grant of visas of that class.
SCHEDULE
| State or Territory | Departments and Authorities |
| New South Wales | Department of State and Regional Development Business Migrant Information and Referral Service |
| Victoria | Department of Industry, Innovation and Regional Development |
| Queensland | Department of Tourism, Regional Development and Industry |
| Western Australia | Small Business Development Corporation |
| South Australia | Department of the Premier and Cabinet Business and Skilled Migration |
| Tasmania | Department of Economic Development Business Migration |
| Northern Territory | Department of Business, Industry and Resource Development Corporate Governance |
| Australian Capital Territory | Chief Minister’s Department Business ACT |
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