EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Migration Regulations 1994
SPECIFIED PLACE
(Subparagraph 2.04(3)(b)(ii) and Sub-subparagraph 2.08AC(4)(a)(ii)(B))
- This Instrument is made under subparagraph 2.04(3)(b)(ii) and sub-subparagraph 2.08AC(4)(a)(ii)(B) of the Migration Regulations 1994 (the Regulations).
2. This Instrument revokes IMMI 14/030.
3. The purpose of the Instrument is to add addresses for Colombia and amend addresses for France, Ghana, Malaysia and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, at which personal identifiers may be provided. Obsolete addresses, where Australian Visa Application Centres no longer operate because they have relocated, are also being removed.
4. The operation of the Instrument is to specify places in the Kingdom of Bahrain, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Colombia, Ethiopia, France, Ghana, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Qatar, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Turkey, United Arab Emirates and Zimbabwe where an applicant is to provide personal identifiers. The personal identifiers are to be provided when required by an officer, for the purpose of assessing the validity of a visa application under sub-subparagraph 2.08AC(4)(a)(ii)(B) and for circumstances in which a visa may be granted under subparagraph 2.04(3)(b)(ii).
5. Consultation was not necessary as, under subsection 18(1) of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003, the Instrument is of a minor or machinery nature and does not substantially alter existing arrangements.
6. 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.
7. The Office of Best Practice Regulation has advised that a Regulatory Impact Statement is not required (OBPR Reference 16089).
8. The Instrument, IMMI 14/056, commences on 1 July 2014.