EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

Migration Regulations 1994

INSTRUMENT OF REVOCATION

(Paragraph 459.214(c))

1. This Instrument is made under paragraph 459.214(c) of the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations’).

2.                  Paragraph 459.214(c) of the Regulations provides that an applicant for a Sponsored Business Visitor (Short Stay) (Subclass 459) visa may be sponsored by an organisation specified in a Gazette Notice for the purposes of that paragraph.

3.                  The purpose of the Instrument is to revoke the instrument IMMI 10/092 “Organisations that may sponsor Short Stay Business Visitors” made under paragraph 459.214(c) and signed on 1 February 2011.

4.                  The Instrument operates to revoke Instrument IMMI 10/092 which is no longer required.

5. Pursuant to subsection 18(1) of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003 consultation was not necessary.  The Instrument is of a minor or machinery nature and does not substantially alter existing arrangements.

6. The Office of Best Practice Regulation has advised that a Regulatory Impact Statement is not required (OBPR Reference 12254).

7. 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.

8. The instrument commences on 23 March 2013 immediately after the commencement of the Migration Amendment Legislation (No. 1).