Migration Regulations 1994 - Specification under paragraph 406.111(d) - Specifying Agreements or Arrangements which are not Relevant Agreements for the purposes of Government Agreement Visa - September 2009

IMMI 09/103

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

Migration Regulations 1994

SPECIFYING AGREEMENTS OR ARRANGEMENTS WHICH ARE NOT RELEVANT AGREEMENTS FOR THE PURPOSES OF GOVERNMENT AGREEMENT VISA

(paragraph 406.111(d))

1. This Instrument is made under paragraph 406.111(d) of Schedule 1 of the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations’).
2. Paragraph 406.111(d) of Schedule 1 of the Regulations provides that the Minister may specify in an instrument in writing that an agreement or arrangement, or a type of agreement or arrangement, is not a relevant agreement.
3. The purpose of the Instrument is to specify the agreements or arrangements, or types of agreements or arrangements, that are not relevant agreements for the purposes of granting a Subclass 406 (Government Agreement) visa.
4. The Regulations under which this instrument is made were developed in consultation with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.  Further consultation in relation to this instrument was unnecessary because the purpose of the instrument is to preserve existing arrangements.
5. The instrument, IMMI 09/103, commences on 14 September 2009.