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 reflect the name changes for the Victorian Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development, Queensland Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation, the South Australian Department of Trade and Economic Development, the Tasmanian Department of Economic Development, Tourism and the Arts and the Northern Territory Department of Business and Employment.
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 Queensland, South Australian, Tasmanian and Northern Territory State Governments.
6. The Office of Best Practice Regulation’s Business Cost Calculator and Assessment Checklists were used to determine that there was no compliance cost on business or impact on competition in relation to this instrument.
7. The Instrument, IMMI 10/041, commences on 1 July 2010.