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MIGRATION (REPUBLIC OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS) REGULATIONS (REPEAL) 1996 NO. 280

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

STATUTORY RULES 1996 No. 280

Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs

Migration (Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina - United Nations Security Council Resolutions) Regulations (Repeal)

Section 504 of the Migration Act 1958 (the Act) provides that the Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with the Act, to prescribe all matters which are required or permitted to be prescribed by the Act or which are necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to the Act.

The purpose of the Regulations is to repeal Statutory Rules 1994 No. 403 as a consequence of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1074 of 1 October 1996, in which it was decided to terminate all measures taken against the areas of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina under the control of Bosnian Serb forces.

United Nations Security Council Resolution No. 942 of 23 September 1994 imposed sanctions affecting the areas under the control of Bosnian Serb forces in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Statutory Rules 1994 No. 403 limited the circumstances in which the Minister could grant a visa to persons connected with the Bosnian Serb forces in those areas, and to persons engaging in certain economic activities with persons and entities in the same areas. Provision was also made for the cancellation of certain temporary visas, where the holder engaged in proscribed economic activities in Australia.

The Regulations commence on gazettal.