Migration Act 1958 - Revocation of section 499 Direction No. 5

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EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

 

Migration Act 1958

 

REVOCATION OF SECTION 499 DIRECTION NO 5

(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 5 – Visa refusal under section 501”, signed on 25 November 1997.

 

4.                  The Instrument operates to revoke the Direction No. 5 as the contents of “Direction No.21 – Visa Refusal and Cancellation under Section 501” signed on 23 August 2001 have superseded the contents of Direction No 5.

 

5. The Instrument, IMMI 08/093, commences on the day after registration on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.

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