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MIGRATION REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1991 NO. 8

Statutory Rules 1991 No. 8

Subject - Migration Act 1958

Migration Regulations (Amendment)

Section 181 of the Migration Act 1958 (the Act) provides that the Governor-General may make regulations for the purposes of the Act. In addition sections 23 and 33 of the Act enable him to make regulations providing for different classes of visas and entry permits.

The purpose of the Regulations is to amend the Migration Regulations to:

•       create a new class of entry permit - the Gulf conflict (temporary) entry permit -which will enable citizens of countries directly affected by the Gulf Conflict, who were in Australia on 17 January 1991, to extend their stay in Australia to 30 April 1991 (new regulation 119K);

•       create a new class of entry permit - the evacuation entry permit - to enable grant of entry permits should an emergency evacuation of people be required such as from an area affected by the Gulf Conflict (new regulation 119J);

•       make consequential amendments as a result of the creation of the above two classes of entry permit (amendments to regulations 22, 40 and Schedules 3, 5 and 8);

•       make technical amendments to the PRC (temporary) visa to provide for nomination of spouses and dependent children who wish to travel to Australia (new regulation 107B, omission of regulation 119HA); and

•       make technical and stylistic amendments (regulations 169, 173A and Schedule 1)

Authority:       Sections 23, 33 and 181 of the Migration Act 1958

Issued by the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs for and on behalf of the Minister for Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs