EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Migration Regulations 1994
POST OFFICE BOX AND COURIER ADDRESSES
(Various provisions of Schedules 1 and 2 to the Regulations)
- This Instrument is made under regulation 1.17 and various provisions of Schedule 1 and Schedule 2 of the Migration Regulations 1994 (“the Regulations”).
2. Regulation 1.17 provides that the Minister may by notice in the Gazette, specify matters required by individual provisions of the Regulations to be specified for the purposes of those provisions.
3. The Schedule 1 provisions for this Instrument provide that an application (which is not an electronic application) for a General Skilled Migration (GSM) visa category available pre or post 23 March 2013, must be sent either to the post office box address as specified in this notice or if using a courier service to the courier delivery address as specified in this notice.
4. The Schedule 2 provisions for this Instrument provide that a Sponsorship Form required as part of an application (which is not an electronic application) for a GSM sponsored visa be sent either to the post office box address as specified in this notice or if using a courier service to the courier delivery address as specified in this notice.
5. The purpose of the Instrument is to specify the postal and courier delivery addresses for lodging a GSM skilled visa application and, when required, Sponsorship Forms.
6. The Instrument operates to specify the addresses for lodging a GSM visa application by post or courier service if the application is not an electronic application.
7. Pursuant to subsection 18(1) 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.
8. The Office of Best Practice Regulation has advised that a Regulatory Impact Statement is not required (OBPR Reference 14502).
9. 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.
10. The instrument commences on 23 March 2013 immediately after the commencement of Migration Legislation Amendment Regulation 2013 (No. 1).