EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Migration (United Nations Security Council Resolutions) Regulations 2007
SPECIFICATION OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS
(REGULATION 4 DEFINITION OF ‘RESOLUTION’)
- This Instrument is made under Regulation 4 of the Migration (United Nations Security Council Resolutions) Regulations 2007 (‘the Regulations’). The Instrument revokes Instrument IMMI 10/081 signed on 15 August 2011.
2. Regulation 4 of the Regulations provides that resolution means a United Nations Security Council Resolution specified by the Minister, by legislative instrument.
3. The purpose of the Instrument is to specify relevant United Nations Security Council resolutions that prohibit specified individuals and entities from entering Australia. Resolution 2048 (2012) concerning Guinea-Bissau adopted on 18 May 2012, resolution 2078 (2012) concerning the Democratic Republic of Congo adopted on 28 November 2012 and resolution 2087 (2013) concerning the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea adopted on 22 January 2013, are all being added to the list of resolutions appearing in the Instrument.
4. Consultation was undertaken with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Department of Finance and Deregulation regarding the policy and purpose for the making of this Instrument.
5. 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 (OBPR Reference 14365).
6. Under section 42 of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003 the Instrument is subject to disallowance and therefore a Human Rights Statement of Compatibility has been provided.
6. The Instrument, IMMI 12/120, commences on the day after Registration on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.