Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

MIGRATION ACT 1958 - SECT 177

    In this Division:

"boat" means a vessel of any description, but does not include an aircraft.

"commencement" means the commencement of this Division.

"designated person" means a non - citizen who:

  (a)   has been on a boat in the territorial sea of Australia after 19   November 1989 and before 1   September 1994; and

  (b)   has not presented a visa; and

  (c)   is in the migration zone; and

  (d)   has not been granted a visa; and

  (e)   is a person to whom the Department has given a designation by:

  (i)   determining and recording which boat he or she was on; and

  (ii)   giving him or her an identifier that is not the same as an identifier given to another non - citizen who was on that boat;

and includes a non - citizen born in Australia whose mother is a designated person.

"entry application" , in relation to a person, means an application for:

  (a)   a determination by the Minister that the person is a refugee; or

  (b)   a visa for the person.