EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Migration Regulations 1994
ENTERTAINMENT VISA: PERFORMING AT NON-COMMERCIAL FESTIVALS (REGULATION 1205(2)(a)(ii)(B))
- This Instrument is made under regulation 1.17 and sub-subparagraph 1205(2)(a)(ii)(B) of the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations’).
2. Item 1205(2)(a)(ii)(B) in Schedule 1 of the Regulations provides that an applicant is not required to pay a visa application charge if the purpose of the applicant’s visit is to perform as an entertainer, or to assist in performances, and the applicant is sponsored to enter Australia for the purpose of performing at a festival specified by the Minister in a Gazette Notice.
3. The purpose of the Instrument is to list certain festivals that are considered non-commercial in respect of Entertainment visas. This Instrument replaces a previous Instrument in order to update the list of festivals.
4. The Instrument operates to exempt the applicant from paying a visa application charge where the purpose of the applicant’s visit is to perform in a festival that is considered to be non-commercial.
5. Pursuant to section 18 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 Instrument will be published in the Gazette and will commence on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.