Migration Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

    

Statutory

Rules1991No. 349 1

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Migration Regulations 2(Amendment)

  

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 14 November 1991.

 

  BILL HAYDEN

 Governor-General

 By His Excellency’s Command,

    

GERRY HAND

Minister of State for Immigration,

 Local Government and Ethnic Affairs

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1.   Amendment

1.1   The Migration Regulations are amended as set out in these Regulations.

 

[NOTE:

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

 

2.   Regulation 2 (Interpretation)

2.1   Subregulation 2 (1) (definition of “public interest criteria”):

After paragraph (c), insert:

• “(ca)

  in the case of a person who is a member of an organisation or group of persons that is a declared body for the purposes of regulation 3b, has satisfied the Minister, acting personally, that the person is not likely to become involved:

   (i) in the planning of any criminal or illegal activity to be carried out inside or outside Australia; or

   (ii) in the carrying out, inside or outside Australia, of any criminal or illegal activity;”.

  

3.   New regulation 3b

3.1   After regulation 3a, insert:

 

Interpretation—declared bodies

 “3b. (1)  The Minister may, by notice in writing signed by the Minister, declare an organisation or group of persons to be a declared body for the purposes of this regulation.

 “(2)

A notice under this regulation is a disallowable instrument for the purposes of section 46a of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.”.

  

4.   Expiration of amendments

4.1   The Migration Regulations have effect on and after 6 March 1992 as if the amendments made by these Regulations had not been made.

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NOTES

 

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 14 November 1991.

 

2. Statutory Rules 1989 No. 365 as amended by 1989 Nos. 414 and 416; 1990 Nos. 1, 34, 69, 75, 109, 204, 237, 242, 251, 261, 272, 279, 320, 339, 371, 402 and 452; 1991 Nos. 2, 8, 18, 25, 43, 60, 88, 201, 226, 229, 230, 243, 285, 295 and 342.