Migration Regulations 1994 - Specification of Public Interest Criteria - Risk Factor - December 2000

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 Commonwealth of Australia

 

 

 Migration Act 1958

 

 Migration Regulations 1994

 

 

PUBLIC INTEREST CRITERIA – RISK FACTOR

 

 

I, PHILIP RUDDOCK, Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, acting under regulation 1.17 of the Migration Regulations 1994 ("the Regulations"):

 

(1) REVOKE all existing instruments specifying risk factor groups for the purposes of paragraph 4011(2)(b) of Schedule 4 to the Regulations; and

 

(2) SPECIFY, for the purposes of paragraph 4011(2)(b) of Schedule 4 to the Regulations, the classes of persons described in the Schedule to this notice, where each row of the Schedule is a separate item and each item is a separate class.

 

This notice has effect on and from 1 January 2001.

 

 

Dated 12 December 2000.

 

 

 

 

 

PHILIP RUDDOCK

 Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs

 

 

[NOTES. (1) Regulation 1.17 of the Migration Regulations provides that the Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette, specify matters required by individual provisions of the Regulations to be specified for the purposes of those provisions.

 (2) Part 1 of Schedule 4 to the Regulations relates to public interest criteria.  Clause 4011 provides for the circumstance where an applicant is affected by the risk factor specified in subclause 4011(2).  Paragraph 4011(2)(b) of Schedule 4 provides that an applicant is affected by the risk factor, referred to in subclause 4011(1), if the applicant has all the characteristics of a class of persons specified by the Minister by Gazette Notice for the purposes of paragraph 4011(2)(b).

 1. Afghanistan Female 60 years or older

 2. Albania Female 20 years and older

 3. Albania Male 20 years and older

 4. Armenia Female 60 years or older

 5. Bangladesh Female 20 years or older

 6. Bangladesh Male 20 to 39 years inclusive

 7. Bangladesh Male 60 years or older

 8. Bosnia-Herzegovina Female 30 to 39 years inclusive

 9. Bosnia-Herzegovina Female 50 years or older

 10. Bosnia-Herzegovina Male 60 years or older

 11. Brazil Female 20 to 39 years inclusive

 12. Brazil Male 20 to 29 years inclusive

 13. Burma (Myanmar) Female 20 years or older

 14. Burma (Myanmar) Male 20 years or older

 15. Cambodia, the Kingdom of Female 30 years or older

 16. Cambodia, the Kingdom of Male 25 to 29 years inclusive

 17. Cambodia, the Kingdom of Male 60 years or older

 18. Chile Female 20 years or older

 19. Chile Male 20 to 39 years inclusive

 20. Chile Male 60 years or older

 21. China, Peoples Republic of Female 50 years or older

 22. China, Peoples Republic of Male 20 to 24 years inclusive

 23. China, Peoples Republic of Male 60 years or older

 24. Colombia Female 20 years or older

 25. Colombia Male 20 to 49 years inclusive

 26. Croatia Female 20 to 29 years inclusive

 27. Croatia Female 50 years or older

 28. Croatia Male 20 to 39 years inclusive

 29. Croatia Male 60 years or older

 30. Ecuador Female 20 to 24 years inclusive

 31. Ecuador Female 30 to 49 years inclusive

 32. Ecuador Female 60 years or older

 33. Ecuador Male 30 to 39 years inclusive

 34. Egypt, Arab Republic of Female 20 years or older

 35. Egypt, Arab Republic of Male 20 to 49 years inclusive

 36. Egypt, Arab Republic of Male 60 years or older

 37. Ethiopia Female 60 years or older

 38. Fiji Female 20 years or older

 39. Fiji Male 20 to 29 years inclusive

 40. Fiji Male 60 years or older

 41. Fmr Yugo Rep of Macedonia Female 20 years or older

 42. Fmr Yugo Rep of Macedonia Male 20 years or older

 43. Greece Female 20 to 29 years inclusive

 44. Greece Female 50 years or older

 45. Greece Male 20 to 39 years inclusive

 46. Greece Male 60 years or older

 47. Hungary Female 20 to 39 years inclusive

 48. Hungary Female 60 years or older

 49. Hungary Male 20 to 39 years inclusive

 50. Iran Female 30 years or older

 51. Iran Male 25 years or older

 52. Iraq Female 60 years or older

 53. Israel Female 20 to 29 years inclusive

 54. Israel Male 20 to 39 years inclusive

 55. Jordan Female 30 to 39 years inclusive

 56. Jordan Female 50 years or older

 57. Jordan Male 25 to 39 years inclusive

 

 

 

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 58. Jordan Male 60 years or older

 59. Korea, Dem Peoples Rep Of Female 20 to 39 years inclusive

 60. Korea, Dem Peoples Rep Of Male 25 to 39 years inclusive

 61. Lao Peoples Democratic Rep Female 20 years or older

 62. Lao Peoples Democratic Rep Male 20 to 24 years inclusive

 63. Lao Peoples Democratic Rep Male 60 years or older

 64. Lebanon Female 20 years or older

 65. Lebanon Male 20 years or older

 66. Lithuania Female 20 to 29 years inclusive

 67. Lithuania Female 50 to 59 years inclusive

 68. Lithuania Male 25 to 29 years inclusive

 69. Mongolia Female 30 to 39 years inclusive

 70. Nepal Female 30 to 59 years inclusive

 71. Nepal Male 25 to 39 years inclusive

 72. Pakistan Female 20 years or older

 73. Pakistan Male 25 to 29 years inclusive

 74. Pakistan Male 60 years or older

 75. Peru Female 20 years or older

 76. Peru Male 20 years or older

 77. Philippines Female 20 years or older

 78. Philippines Male 20 years or older

 79. Poland Female 20 years or older

 80. Poland Male 20 to 49 years inclusive

 81. Poland Male 60 years or older

 82. Romania Female 25 years or older

 83. Romania Male 25 years or older

 84. Russian Federation Female 20 years or older

 85. Russian Federation Male 20 to 39 years inclusive

 86. Samoa Female 20 years or older

 87. Samoa Male 20 to 39 years inclusive

 88. Samoa Male 50 years or older

 89. Sri Lanka Female 20 to 29 years inclusive

 90. Sri Lanka Female 50 years or older

 91. Sri Lanka Male 20 to 29 years inclusive

 92. Sri Lanka Male 60 years or older

 93. Syria Female 40 years or older

 94. Syria Male 25 to 39 years inclusive

 95. Syria Male 50 years or older

 96. Tonga Female 20 to 29 years inclusive

 97. Tonga Female 60 years or older

 98. Tonga Male 20 to 39 years inclusive

 99. Tonga Male 60 years or older

 100. Turkey Female 20 to 24 years inclusive

 101. Turkey Female 30 years or older

 102. Turkey Male 20 to 29 years inclusive

 103. Turkey Male 50 years or older

 104. Ukraine Female 25 years or older

 105. Ukraine Male 20 years or older

 106. Uruguay Female 20 to 24 years inclusive

 107. Uruguay Female 50 years or older

 108. Uruguay Male 20 to 49 years inclusive

 109. Uruguay Male 60 years or older

 110. Vietnam Female 20 years or older

 111. Vietnam Male 20 years or older

 112. Yugoslavia, Fed Republic of Female 30 years or older

 113. Yugoslavia, Fed Republic of Male 20 years or older

 

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Overview

The Migration Regulations 1994, enacted as a legislative instrument by the Commonwealth of Australia, introduced a structured approach to addressing public interest criteria in the context of migration. This legislative instrument was introduced to streamline and clarify the process of evaluating risk factors for applicants under the Migration Act 1958. The objective was to ensure that the public interest criteria were applied consistently and transparently, thereby addressing potential gaps in the prior system that might have led to inconsistent assessments. The instrument was enacted by Philip Ruddock, the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, acting under the authority provided by regulation 1.17 of the Migration Regulations 1994. The policy objective was to provide clear guidelines on the specific classes of persons affected by certain risk factors, thus enhancing the integrity and efficiency of the immigration process.

Scope and Application

The Migration Regulations 1994, as amended by the legislative instrument F2006B00444, pertain to the Migration Act 1958 and specifically address the public interest criteria concerning risk factors for visa applicants. The Act applies to individuals who are subject to the risk factors outlined in the Schedule to the notice, which specifies classes of persons based on their country of origin, gender, and age. The geographic reach of this legislation is national, as it applies across Australia and is governed by Commonwealth law. The instrument revokes previous specifications of risk factor groups and establishes new classes of persons who are considered to be affected by certain risk factors. This change impacts visa applicants who fit the criteria specified in the Schedule and aims to streamline the assessment process by clearly defining the groups subject to heightened scrutiny. The application of this legislation can be further extended or restricted through subordinate instruments, allowing for adjustments in response to changing circumstances or policy directions.

Key Provisions

The primary operative sections of the legislative instrument (F2006B00444) focus on the revocation and specification of risk factor groups for the purposes of paragraph 4011(2)(b) of Schedule 4 to the Migration Regulations 1994. This instrument revokes all existing instruments that previously specified risk factor groups (section 1(1)) and replaces them by specifying new classes of persons (section 1(2)). These new specifications are detailed in the Schedule to the notice and cover various countries and demographics such as age and gender, thereby establishing new criteria under which applicants may be considered to be affected by risk factors (section 4011(2)(b)). The obligations and requirements imposed by this legislation on the parties it governs primarily involve the identification and assessment of risk factors for visa applicants. The Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs is responsible for specifying these risk factors, and the specified classes of persons must be adhered to by all relevant authorities when assessing applications. The requirements include that visa applicants who fall into any of the newly specified classes must be evaluated under the risk factor criteria as outlined in the Schedule. This necessitates a detailed review process where the applicant's country of origin, age, and gender must be considered against the specified risk factors. Any breach of the provisions stipulated in this legislative instrument can result in significant legal consequences. Specifically, if authorities fail to apply the specified risk factors correctly, it could lead to improper assessments of visa applications, potentially allowing individuals who should be flagged for additional scrutiny to proceed without it. The penalties for such breaches, while not explicitly stated in the instrument, could include administrative sanctions, financial penalties, or legal actions under the Migration Act 1958. Furthermore, non-compliance could lead to civil or criminal liability for the authorities involved, depending on the severity and intent behind the breach.

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