IMMI 09/035
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Migration Act 1958
REVOCATION OF SECTION 499 DIRECTION NO 36
(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. 36 Visitor Applications”, signed on 22 June 2005.
4. The Instrument operates to revoke the Direction No. 36 which will not be replaced.
5. The Instrument, IMMI 09/035, commences on 15 May 2009.