{"id":"F2013L01182","name":"Migration Act 1958 - Revocation of Section 499 Direction No. 16","slug":"migration-act-1958-revocation-of-section-499-direction-no-16","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":90990,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2013L01182-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"REVOCATION OF SECTION 499 DIRECTION NO 1","sectionType":"part","heading":"REVOCATION OF SECTION 499 DIRECTION NO 16","content":"![](image.001.png)  \n\nCommonwealth of Australia\n\nMigration Act 1958\n\n# REVOCATION OF SECTION 499 DIRECTION NO 16\n\n# (SECTION 499)\n\nI, BRENDAN O’CONNOR, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, acting under  \nsection 499 of the Migration Act 1958 (‘the Act’):\n\nREVOKE “Direction No. 16 of 1999 – Refugee Review Tribunal: Streamlining measures”, made under section 499 of the Act, and signed on 1 June 1999.\n\nThis Instrument IMMI 13/088 commences on 1 July 2013.\n\nDated June 24 2013\n\nBrendan O’Connor\n\nMinister for Immigration and Citizenship","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"(SECTION 499)","sectionType":"part","heading":"(SECTION 499)","content":"# (SECTION 499)\n\nI, BRENDAN O’CONNOR, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, acting under  \nsection 499 of the Migration Act 1958 (‘the Act’):\n\nREVOKE “Direction No. 16 of 1999 – Refugee Review Tribunal: Streamlining measures”, made under section 499 of the Act, and signed on 1 June 1999.\n\nThis Instrument IMMI 13/088 commences on 1 July 2013.\n\nDated June 24 2013\n\nBrendan O’Connor\n\nMinister for Immigration and Citizenship","sortOrder":1}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1510},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument performs a straightforward administrative revocation within the standard scope of section 499 directions, removing a 14-year-old procedural guideline without expanding into new policy areas."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative action (revocation of one named instrument)","No defined terms or interpretation section","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","No substantive amendments to primary legislation"],"plain_english_summary":"This document cancels an old set of instructions from 1999 that told the Refugee Review Tribunal (the body that reviews rejected refugee claims) how to **streamline** its work processes. The Minister removes these specific \"streamlining measures\" directions, meaning decision-makers no longer need to follow those 1999 procedural rules. This does not change the underlying Migration Act or how refugee claims are decided on their merits—it simply scraps one outdated administrative playbook."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/migration-act-1958-revocation-of-section-499-direction-no-16","history":"/api/acts/migration-act-1958-revocation-of-section-499-direction-no-16/history","analysis":"/api/acts/migration-act-1958-revocation-of-section-499-direction-no-16/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/migration-act-1958-revocation-of-section-499-direction-no-16/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/migration-act-1958-revocation-of-section-499-direction-no-16/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/migration-act-1958-revocation-of-section-499-direction-no-16/documents"}}