Commonwealth of Australia

 Migration Act 1958

 Migration Regulations 1994

SPECIFICATION OF DESIGNATED SECURITIES FOR THE PURPOSES OF REGULATION 2.26C

I, PHILIP RUDDOCK, Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, acting under regulation 1.03 and regulation 2.26C of the Migration Regulations 1994 (“the Regulations”), hereby

(1) REVOKE all existing instruments specifying designated securities for the purposes of regulation 2.26C of the Migration Regulations 1994; and

(2)               SPECIFY each security referred to in the Schedule as a security in which an investment is a designated security for the purposes of the Migration Regulations 1994.

This notice has effect on date of publication.

Dated 19 June 2001.

PHILIP RUDDOCK

 Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs

[NOTE (1): Regulation 1.03 provides that a designated security means an investment in a security specified under regulation  2.26C.

              (2) Regulation 2.26C provides that the Minister may specify, by notice in the Gazette, a security issued by an Australian State or Territory government authority as a security in which an investment is a designated security for the purposes of Part 8   of Schedule 6A.]

SCHEDULE - DESIGNATED SECURTIES

Column 1 Column 2

Item  Investment facility

1.  New South Wales Treasury Corporation

2.  Western Australia Treasury Corporation

3.                                          Queensland Treasury Corporation

4.                                          South Australian Government Financing Authority

5.                                          Northern Territory Treasury Corporation