EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Migration Regulations 1994
“APPROPRIATE REGIONAL AUTHORITY”
(REGULATION 1.03)
- This Instrument is made under regulation 1.03 of the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations’).
2. Regulation 1.03 of the Regulations defines “appropriate regional authority”. The definition provides that in relation to a State or Territory and applications for visas of a particular class, an “appropriate regional authority” is a Department or authority of that State or Territory that is specified by Gazette Notice, for the purposes of these Regulations, in relation to the grant of visas of that class.
3. The purpose of the Instrument is to specify appropriate regional authorities for the purposes of the definition of “appropriate regional authority” in this regulation, in particular to include the Victorian Department of Industry, Innovation and Regional Development and the Queensland Department of Tourism, Regional Development and Industry.
4. The effect of the Instrument is to nominate State and Territory government appropriate regional authorities that are able to sign the sponsorship forms which are required to be lodged with certain visa applications.
5. Consultation was undertaken before the Instrument was made with the Victorian and Queensland State Governments.
6. The Instrument, IMMI 09/061, commences on 1 July 2009.