IMMI 09/121
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Migration Regulations 1994
SPECIFICATION OF ADDRESSES
(SUBREGULATIONS 2.61(4), 2.61(5), 2.61(6), 2.66A(2), 2.66A(6), 2.73A(5), 2.73B(6), 2.73C(6) AND PARAGRAPHS 1205(3)(ca), 1220B(3)(b) OF SCHEDULE 1)
- This Instrument is made under subregulations 2.61(4), 2.61(5), 2.61(6), 2.66A(2), 2.66A(6), 2.73A(5), 2.73B(6), 2.73C(6) to the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations’) and paragraphs 1205(3)(ca) and 1220B(3)(b) of Schedule 1 of the Regulations.
- Subregulations 2.61(4), 2.61(5), 2.61(6), 2.66A(2), 2.66A(6), 2.73A(5), 2.73B(6), 2.73C(6) of the Regulations and paragraphs 1205(3)(ca) and 1220B(3)(b) of Schedule 1 of the Regulations provide that applications relating to an approval as a sponsor, a variation of a term of an approval as a sponsor, the process for nomination of various visas and an application for certain visas are to an address specified by the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship either by mail or by courier or transmitted by facsimile.
- The purpose of the Instrument is to specify the relevant addresses for posted applications and applications delivered by courier, by hand or by facsimile.
- The Instrument operates to specify addresses relating to certain sponsorship and nomination applications and certain visas which complement the sponsorship framework at Division 3A of Part 2 of the Migration Act 1958 and Part 2A of the Regulations.
- Consultation was not necessary as, under section 18(1) of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003, the Instrument is of a minor or machinery nature and does not substantially alter existing arrangements.
- The instrument IMMI 09/121 commences on 9 November 2009.