Migration Regulations 1994 - Specification under paragraph 4011(2)(b) - Classes of Persons - Public Interest Criteria - Risk Factor - May 2008

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IMMI 08/033

 

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

Migration Regulations 1994

 

CLASS OF PERSONS – PUBLIC INTEREST CRITERIA – RISK FACTOR

(PARAGRAPH 4011(2)(b))

 

  1. This Instrument is made under paragraph 4011(2)(b) of the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations’).

 

2.                  Paragraph 4011(2)(b) of the Regulations provides that applicants that have all of the characteristics of a class of persons specified in a Gazette Notice must be subject to Public Interest Criteria – Risk Factor.

 

3.                  The purpose of the Instrument is to allow the Minister to specify which classes of people are subject to the Public Interest Criteria – Risk Factor.

 

4.                  The Instrument operates by specifying classes of persons are subject to the Public Interest Criteria – Risk Factor. These classes of persons are defined by Nationality, Sex, and Age or Age Group. Persons who fall into a class specified in the Instrument will be subject to the Public Interest Criteria – Risk Factor.

 

5. The Instrument, IMMI 08/033, commences on the day after registration on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.

 

 

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