{"id":"F2007L01323","name":"Migration Act 1958 - Determination under section 85 - Visa Capping for 2006/2007 Financial Year: Parent (Migrant) (Class AX) Visas - May 2007","slug":"migration-act-1958-determination-under-section-85-visa-capping-for-2006-2007-financial-year-parent-m","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":65547,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2007L01323-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Migration Act 1958 - Determination under section 85 - Visa Capping for 2006/2007 Financial Year: Parent (Migrant) (Class AX) Visas - May 2007","content":"![](image.001.png)  \n\nCommonwealth of Australia\n\nMigration Act 1958\n\nVISA CAPPING FOR 2006/2007 FINANCIAL YEAR:\n\nPARENT (MIGRANT) (CLASS AX) VISAS\n\n(SECTION 85)\n\nI, KEVIN ANDREWS, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, acting under section 85 of the Migration Act 1958, hereby:\n\nDETERMINE that the maximum number of Parent (Migrant) (Class AX) visas that may be granted in the financial year 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007 is 695.\n\nDated 7 May 2007\n\nKEVIN ANDREWS\n\nMinister for Immigration and Citizenship\n\n\\[NOTE 1: Section 85 of the Migration Act 1958 provides that the Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, determine the maximum number of the visas of a specified class, or the maximum number of the visas of specified classes, that may be granted in a specified financial year.\n\nNOTE 2: Section 56 of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003 relevantly provides that if the enabling legislation in relation to an instrument as in force at any time before the commencing day required the text of the instrument to be published in the Gazette, in certain circumstances, the requirement for publication in the Gazette is taken to be satisfied if the instrument is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.\\]","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1685},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The determination operates strictly within the bounds of section 85 of the Migration Act 1958, which explicitly authorises the Minister to set maximum visa grant numbers by class and financial year. There is no expansion beyond this specific numerical capping function."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative clause containing only a numerical limit (695)","No defined terms, conditions, or exceptions within the determination itself","No internal cross-references or nested logical structures","Extremely brief document with straightforward administrative function"],"plain_english_summary":"The Minister capped grants of Parent (Migrant) (Class AX) visas at 695 for the 2006–07 financial year, so once that number was reached no further non‑contributory parent visas could be issued until the next year. \n\nIt affected parents of Australian citizens/permanent residents seeking family reunion and lengthened waits by creating a hard bottleneck in annual migration intake."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/migration-act-1958-determination-under-section-85-visa-capping-for-2006-2007-financial-year-parent-m","history":"/api/acts/migration-act-1958-determination-under-section-85-visa-capping-for-2006-2007-financial-year-parent-m/history","analysis":"/api/acts/migration-act-1958-determination-under-section-85-visa-capping-for-2006-2007-financial-year-parent-m/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/migration-act-1958-determination-under-section-85-visa-capping-for-2006-2007-financial-year-parent-m/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/migration-act-1958-determination-under-section-85-visa-capping-for-2006-2007-financial-year-parent-m/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/migration-act-1958-determination-under-section-85-visa-capping-for-2006-2007-financial-year-parent-m/documents"}}