EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Migration Act 1958
REVOCATION OF SECTION 499 DIRECTION NO 37
(SECTION 499)
- 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 IMMI 07/034, “Direction No. 37 - Guidelines for considering cancellations of student visas for breach of Condition 8202”, signed on 27 June 2007.
4. The Instrument operates to revoke the Direction No. 37 pending the re-making of another direction which will be tabled in both Houses of the Parliament.
5. The Instrument, IMMI 07/068, commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.