{"id":"F2023L00077","name":"Migration (Designated APEC Economy) Instrument (LIN 23/008) 2023","slug":"migration-designated-apec-economy-instrument-lin-23-008-2023","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":103735,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2023L00077-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Migration (Designated APEC Economy) Instrument (LIN 23/008) 2023","content":"![Commonwealth Coat of Arms](image.001.png)\n\nLIN 23/008\n\nMigration (Designated APEC Economy) Instrument (LIN 23/008) 2023\n\nI, Andrew Giles, Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs, under the definition of designated APEC economy in regulation 1.03 of the Migration Regulations 1994, specify each economy mentioned in Schedule 1 as a designated APEC economy.\n\nThis instrument is taken to have commenced on 2 October 2022.\n\nDated 30 January 2023\n\nANDREW GILES\n\nMinister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs\n\n  \n\nSchedule 1 Designated APEC economies\n\n| Item | APEC economy                    |\n| ---- | ------------------------------- |\n| 1    | Brunei Darussalam               |\n| 2    | Canada                          |\n| 3    | Chile                           |\n| 4    | People’s Republic of China      |\n| 5    | Hong Kong                       |\n| 6    | Indonesia                       |\n| 7    | Japan                           |\n| 8    | The Republic of Korea           |\n| 9    | Malaysia                        |\n| 10   | Mexico                          |\n| 11   | Papua New Guinea                |\n| 12   | Peru                            |\n| 13   | The Republic of the Philippines |\n| 14   | The Russian Federation          |\n| 15   | Singapore                       |\n| 16   | Taiwan                          |\n| 17   | Thailand                        |\n| 18   | The United States of America    |\n| 19   | Vietnam                         |","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not change the statutory definition or procedural rules; it simply lists which economies are to be treated as 'designated APEC economies' under regulation 1.03. Any change in who is affected is a result of naming those economies, not of altering the underlying scope or mechanisms of the Migration Regulations."},"complexity_factors":["Text is short and procedural: simply names economies (Schedule 1).","Operative power exercised under an external provision (regulation 1.03 of the Migration Regulations 1994) — meaning effects depend on other, separate rules.","Retrospective commencement date (taken to have commenced 2 October 2022) adds a temporal wrinkle for administrative application.","No procedural detail, criteria, or operational guidance in the instrument itself — implementational detail left to the Migration Regulations and administering agency.","Concentrated actor (the Minister) exercises the specifying power, so legal discretion is central though not elaborated in this instrument.","Practical implications are indirect: complexity arises from tracing consequences across multiple migration provisions rather than from this instrument's text."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument specifies 19 economies to be treated as \"designated APEC economies\" for the purposes of regulation 1.03 of the Migration Regulations 1994 and is taken to have commenced on 2 October 2022. That classification determines which people or documents qualify where other migration rules refer to a \"designated APEC economy\"; the Minister for Immigration (Andrew Giles) made the specification. The instrument itself does not create new visa rules or fees — effects arise through existing migration provisions that rely on that label."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument performs exactly the narrow technical function it was designed for: specifying APEC economies for migration purposes. It has not expanded beyond this original purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision with no conditional logic","No defined terms within the instrument itself (relies on external regulation 1.03)","Simple tabular schedule listing 19 economies","No cross-references except to the enabling regulation","No exceptions, exemptions, or nested provisions","Total length is approximately 300 words"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a short legal instrument made by the Minister for Immigration that officially lists which countries count as 'designated APEC economies' under Australia's migration rules. APEC stands for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation — a forum of 21 Pacific Rim countries. By naming these 19 economies (including Australia itself is notably absent from the list, as this appears to be listing other member economies), the instrument allows citizens of these places to access specific visa arrangements, particularly the APEC Business Travel Card scheme. This card lets business people from member economies travel between participating countries without needing separate visas for short business trips. The instrument backdates its effect to October 2022, meaning it applies as if it had been in force since that date."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/migration-designated-apec-economy-instrument-lin-23-008-2023","history":"/api/acts/migration-designated-apec-economy-instrument-lin-23-008-2023/history","analysis":"/api/acts/migration-designated-apec-economy-instrument-lin-23-008-2023/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/migration-designated-apec-economy-instrument-lin-23-008-2023/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/migration-designated-apec-economy-instrument-lin-23-008-2023/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/migration-designated-apec-economy-instrument-lin-23-008-2023/documents"}}