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"... the amending Regulations will allow ... to not be immigration cleared as required under section 166 of the Migration Act, so long as they do not leave the airport lounge except to continue their departure journey within 90 minutes of the arrival into Australia"

"The instrument provides that the first instalment of the VAC for an application made for a Subclass 132 visa or a Subclass 188 visa in the Business Innovation, Investor, Significant Investor, or Entrepreneur streams, where ..., must be refunded"

"This instrument provides an updated table of ADS-approved travel agents in China.  The travel agents listed in the table are authorised under the ADS stream to organise tours to Australia for eligible citizens from the People’s Republic of China."

"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..."