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 14/056, (F2014L00754), signed on 16 June 2014.
3. The purpose of the Instrument is to add addresses for Australia, which are being added in response to the development of a solution that enables onshore collection of personal identifiers from offshore visa applicants who have lawfully come to Australia on another type of visa while their original application is being processed. Addresses in New Delhi, India and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, have also been added to the Instrument to account for the collection of personal identifiers by Mobile Biometrics Collection Units (MBCUs) in those localities. The Instrument also amends addresses for Ghana, Jordan and Kenya, at which personal identifiers may be provided. An obsolete address in Kenya has also been removed.
4. The operation of the Instrument is to specify places in Australia, the Kingdom of Bahrain, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Colombia, Ethiopia, France, Ghana, India, 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 14/089, commences on 15 September 2014.