EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

Migration Regulations 1994

CLASS OF PERSONS

(Subparagraph 1236(2)(a)(iv))

1. This Instrument is made under subparagraph 1236(2)(a)(iv) of the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations’).
2. Subparagraph 1236(2)(a)(iv) of the Regulations provides that for an applicant, in a class of persons specified by the Minister in an instrument in writing, a nil visa application charge (VAC) will apply.
3. The purpose of the Instrument is to revoke the previous Instrument IMMI 13/084 and specify as a class of persons applying for Subclass 600 (Business Stream) visa, participants in the 2015 Asian Cup or designated persons seeking to enter Australia in connection with the International Cricket Council 2015 Cricket World Cup.  Persons in this class will be subject to a nil VAC when applying for a Subclass 600 (Business Stream) visa.
4. The Instrument operates to specify a nil visa application charge for persons who apply for a Subclass 600 (Business Stream) visa and who are participants in the Asian Football Confederation 2015 or designated persons seeking to enter Australia in connection with the International Cricket Council 2015 Cricket World Cup.

5. 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.

6. The Office of Best Practice Regulation has advised that a Regulatory Impact Statement is not required (OBPR Reference 16087).

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 the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments and ceases on 1 July 2015.