Migration (Sierra Leone — United Nations Security Council Resolution) Amendment Regulations 1999 (No. 1) (Cth)

Migration (Sierra Leone — United Nations Security Council Resolution) Amendment Regulations 1999 (No. 1)

Statutory Rules 1999 No. 227

I, WILLIAM PATRICK DEANE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under theMigration Act 1958.

Dated 22 September 1999.

WILLIAM DEANE

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

PHILIP RUDDOCK

Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs

Migration (Sierra Leone — United Nations Security Council Resolution) Amendment Regulations 1999 (No. 1)1

Statutory Rules 1999 No. 2272

made under the

Migration Act 1958

   

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1Name of Regulations

 These Regulations are the Migration (Sierra Leone — United Nations Security Council Resolution) Amendment Regulations 1999 (No. 1).

2Commencement

 These Regulations commence on 1 November 1999.

3Amendment of Migration (Sierra Leone – United Nations Security Council Resolution) Regulations

 Schedule 1 amends the Migration (Sierra Leone — United Nations Security Council Resolution) Regulations.

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[1]Regulations 1 and 2

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1Name of Regulations

 These Regulations are the Migration (Sierra Leone — United Nations Security Council Resolution No. 1171) Regulations 1997.

2Definition

 In these Regulations:

Committee means the Committee established under paragraph 10 of United Nations Security Council Resolution No. 1132 (1997).

[2]Regulation 4

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4Special criteria for grant of visas

• (1)

  It is a criterion applicable (at the time of decision) to an application for a visa of any class that the applicant meets the requirements of subregulation (2) or (3).

• (2)

  An applicant meets the requirements of this subregulation if the applicant is not a person whom the Committee designates as a leading member of the former military junta, or the Revolutionary United Front, of Sierra Leone.

• (3)

  An applicant meets the requirements of this subregulation if:

  • (a)

    the applicant is designated by the Committee as a leading member of the former military junta, or the Revolutionary United Front, of Sierra Leone; and

  • (b)

    the Minister is satisfied that:

    • (i)

      the grant of the visa to the applicant is supported by the Committee for verified humanitarian purposes; or

    • (ii)

      there are compelling reasons to grant the visa to the applicant.

Notes

1. These Regulations amend Statutory Rules 1997 No. 402.

2. Made by the Governor-General on 22 September 1999, and notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 29 September 1999.