Legislative Updates

"The purpose of the instrument is to specify ... as the health service provider for the purposes of subregulation 1.15AA(2)" of the Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth)

"The purpose of the instrument is to set out the eligibility requirements for registration and other rules that apply to the conduct of a visa pre-application process for a Subclass 462 (Work and Holiday) visa in relation to each country specified for the purposes of paragraph 1224A(3A)(b).  Other aspects of the visa pre-application process will be managed..."

The purpose of the instrument is to implement Subclass 462 (Work and Holiday) visa arrangements agreed to by the Australian Government and a new foreign government

The new regulations "prescribe an amount of charge for registration as a registered participant in a visa pre‑application process conducted under subsection 46C(1) of the Migration Act 1958 ... in relation to a Subclass 462 (Work and Holiday) visa"

The new regulations "introduce a requirement that to make a valid application for a Subclass 462 (Work and Holiday) visa, applicants who hold a passport issued by a specified foreign country must have been..."

The new Regulations provide access to a partial refund of the visa application charges for student visa applicants from specified countries

The new Regulations "support the transition to the ART. Most amendments ... broadly have the effect of standardising the way reviews of reviewable migration and protection decisions are conducted with reviews of other types of decisions. The Amending Regulations also specify the requirements for properly making an application to the ART (a necessary precondition to invoking the Tribunal’s jurisdiction) and make other minor amendments aimed at improving efficiency for the ART or to simplify drafting in the Migration Regulations..."

The new regulations "provide appropriate flexibility for the Schedules to the SOFA Regulations to commence when the Agreements covered by the SOFA Regulations come into force for Australia"

The purpose of the new instrument is to "provide that an application for a Bridging D (Class WD) visa (BVD) using paper form 1007 and an application for a Bridging E (Class WE) visa (BVE) using paper form 1008 must..."

The new instrument specifies the following matters for the purpose of s 116(1)(b) of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth): "the persons, bodies or government entities that may issue a certificate as to a matter of workplace exploitation; and the kind of matters relating to workplace exploitation that may be set out in the certificate"