Migration Regulations 1994 Specification under regulation 5.19A Securities in Which an Investment is a Designated Investment for the Purposes of Visa Subclasses 131, 162, 165, 405, 844, 891 & 893 June 2005 (Cth)

Commonwealth of Australia

Migration Act 1958

Migration Regulations 1994

SPECIFICATION FOR THE PURPOSES OF REGULATION 5.19A OF THE MIGRATION REGULATIONS 1994 OF SECURITIES IN WHICH AN INVESTMENT IS A DESIGNATED INVESTMENT FOR THE PURPOSES OF VISA SUBCLASSES 131, 162, 165, 405, 844, 891 & 893

I, AMANDA VANSTONE, Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs, acting under regulations 1.17 and 5.19A of the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations’) hereby:

1. REVOKE the gazette notice made under regulation 5.19A specifying securities in which an investment is a designated investment for the purposes of Parts 131, 162, 165, 844, 891 and 893 of Schedule 2 of the Regulations signed on 25 February 2003; 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, 405, 844, 891 and 893 of Schedule 2 to the Regulations.

This notice comes into effect on and from 1 July 2005.

Dated 23 June 2005

AMANDA VANSTONE

Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous 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:          Regulation 5.19A 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.]

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