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Among other things, the Bill "amends the Migration Act 1958 (the Migration Act) to strengthen the legislative framework relating to the removal from Australia of certain non-citizens who are on a removal pathway. The Bill amends the Migration Act to support ongoing effective management of holders of a Subclass 070 (Bridging (Removal Pending)) visa (BVR) in the community and facilitate arrangements for their removal to receiving countries"

The new instrument "updates the list of specified degrees for the purposes of the amended subclause 485.231(1) of Schedule 2 to the Migration Regulations"

The new instrument specifies the approved form and the place and manner in which applications must be lodged for the following visa subclasses: 189, 190, 485, 476, 489, 491 and 887.

"The purpose of the instrument is to specify under subregulation 5.40(1) of the Migration Regulations: the fees payable to TRA for an application of assessment of...

From November 2019, a person who holds certain types of visas (or whose last substantive visa held was of one of those types) will only be able to make a valid subclass 820 application if, before making that application, they have either held those types of visas for at least 3 years or obtain another substantive visa.

"The purpose of this instrument is to give domestic effect to Australia’s obligations under international trade agreements, to which it is a party, for the purposes of applying the labour market testing condition.  Specifically, section 6 of the instrument includes three new free trade agreements made under ..." 

It is commonly said that s 347 of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) prescribes the deadline for application for merits review of decisions that are reviewable under s 338. Actually, the deadline is found somewhere else.

The new legislative instrument specifies the postcodes that constitute "regional areas" for the purposes of the new regional visas and subclasses 189, 190, 888 and 892

"Specifically, the instrument specifies forms 491D and 494V (Internet) as approved forms for Bridging A (Class WA) and Bridging C (Class WC) visa applications. This ensures that applicants who make an application for a substantive visa using approved forms 491D and 494V (Internet) will be able to make a combined application for a bridging visa with their application for a substantive visa".

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