Migration Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1991 No. 881

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Migration Regulations2 (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 29 April 1991.

BILL HAYDEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

N. BOLKUS

Minister of State for Administrative Services for and on behalf of the

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.

2. Regulation 9 (Interpretation—remaining relative)

2.1 Subregulation 9 (2):

After paragraph (b), add:

“;or (c) the applicant is a child who:

(i) has not turned 18;

(ii) has been adopted by an Australian citizen or an Australian permanent resident (in this paragraph called ‘the adoptive parent’) while overseas;

but, at the time of the application, the adoptive parent has not been residing overseas for a period of at least 12 months.”.

3. Regulation 146 (Qualifications—suitability for employment)

3.1 Subregulation 146 (2):

After the definition of “technical-equivalent occupation”, add:

“‘usual occupation’ means an occupation that the applicant has engaged in for gain or reward for a continuous period of at least 6 months during the period of 2 years immediately preceding the relevant application for a visa or entry permit.”.

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 30 April 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 and 60.