Commonwealth of Australia

 Migration Act 1958

 Migration Regulations 1994

SPECIFICATION OF COUNTRIES FOR PURPOSES OF REGULATION 2.25A

I, PHILIP RUDDOCK, Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, acting under regulation 1.17 and regulation 2.25A(1)(b) of the Migration Regulations 1994 hereby

(1) REVOKE all existing instruments specifying countries for the purposes of regulation 2.25A(1)(b) of the Migration Regulations 1994; and

(2)               SPECIFY the countries listed in the attached Schedule A for the purposes of regulation 2.25A(1)(b) of the Migration Regulations 1994.

This notice has effect on date of publication.

Dated 16 September 2000.

PHILIP RUDDOCK

 Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs

[NOTE 1: Regulation 2.25A(1)(b) of the Migration Regulations 1994 provides that in determining whether an applicant satisfies the criteria for the grant of a visa, the Minister must seek the opinion of a Medical Officer of the Commonwealth on whether a person meets the certain requirements of Schedule 4 unless the application is for a permanent visa that is made from a country that is a country specified by Gazette Notice for the purposes of this paragraph and there is no information known to Immigration (either through the application or otherwise) to the effect that the person may not meet any of those requirements.

NOTE 2:  Regulation 1.03 of the Migration Regulations provides that Hong Kong means Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China.

SCHEDULE A

Australia Macau

Austria Malaysia  

Belgium Malta

Brunei Monaco

Canada Netherlands

Denmark New Zealand

Finland Norway

France Portugal

Germany Singapore

Greece South Africa

Hong Kong Spain

Iceland Sweden

Ireland Switzerland

Israel Thailand

Italy  United Kingdom

Japan United States of America

Liechtenstein

Luxembourg