EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Migration Regulations 1994
CLASS OF PERSONS
(Sub-subparagraph 1232(2)(a)(ii)(A) and Item 1 of the table in subregulation 2.73A(4))
- This Instrument is made under sub-subparagraph 1232(2)(a)(ii)(A) and Item 1 of the table in subregulation 2.73A(4) of the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations’).
2. The purpose of the Instrument is to specify a class of persons to which a nil visa application charge and a nil nomination fee applies.
3. The Instrument operates to specify a nil visa application charge and a nil visa nomination fee for persons who apply for a Subclass 401 (Temporary Work (Long Stay Activity)) visa and are participants in the Asian Football Confederation 2015 Asian Cup or designated persons seeking to enter Australia in connection with the International Cricket Council 2015 Cricket World Cup.
4. Consultation was undertaken before the Instrument was made with the Major Sporting Events Taskforce in the Department of Health and with the Minister for Sport, the Hon Peter Dutton MP.
5. The Office of Best Practice Regulation has advised that a Regulatory Impact Statement is not required (OBPR Reference 16087).
6. Under section 44 of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003 the Instrument is exempt from disallowance and therefore a Human Rights Statement of Compatibility is not required.
7. The Instrument commences the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments and ceases on 1 July 2015.