IMMI 08/107
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Migration Act 1958
REVOCATION OF SECTION 499 DIRECTION NO 35
(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. 35 – Order of Consideration of applications for sponsorship, nomination and visas under the Skill Stream of the Migration Program and the Temporary Residence Program”, signed on 14 May 2004.
4. The Instrument operates to revoke the Direction No. 35 as a new “Direction No. 40 – Order of Consideration of applications for sponsorship, nomination and visas under the Skill Stream of the Migration Program and the Temporary Residence Program” will come into effect on 1 January 2009.
5. The Instrument, IMMI 08/107, commences on 1 January 2009.