Migration Act 1958 - Revocation of section 499 Direction No. 21

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Migration Act 1958

 

REVOCATION OF SECTION 499 DIRECTION NO 21

 (SECTION 499)

 

  1. This Instrument is made under section 499 of the Migration Act 1958 (‘the Act’).

 

2.      Section 499 of the Act provides that the Minister may give written directions to a person or body having functions or powers under the Act if the directions are about the performance of those functions or the exercise of those powers. The Minister must not give directions that would be inconsistent with the Act or the Migration Regulations 1994. A person or body given a direction must comply with such a direction.

 

3.      The purpose of this instrument is to revoke the instrument ‘Direction No 21 – Visa Refusal and Cancellation under section 501 of the Migration Act 1958’, signed on 23 August 2001. 

 

4.      The Instrument operates to revoke the Direction No 21 as ‘Direction No 41 –Visa Refusal and Cancellation under Section 501 of the Migration Act 1958’ comes into effect on 15 June 2009.

 

5.      The instrument, IMMI 09/047, commences on 15 June 2009.

 

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