IMMI 09/076
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Migration Act 1958
REVOCATION OF SECTION 499 DIRECTION NO 32
(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 directions to a person or body having functions or powers under this Act if the directions are about the performance of those functions or the exercise of those powers.
3. The purpose of the Instrument is to revoke the instrument “Direction No. 32 – Order of Consideration and Disposal of Applications for Visas in the Family Stream under subsection 51(1) of the Migration Act 1958”, signed on
26 June 2003.
4. The Instrument operates to revoke the Direction No. 32 which is being replaced with Direction No 43 which will come into effect on 15 August 2009.
5. The Instrument, IMMI 09/076, commences on 15 August 2009.