{"id":"F2025L00229","name":"Migration (Public Interest Criterion 4022—Code of Behaviour) Instrument 2025","slug":"migration-public-interest-criterion-4022-code-of-behaviour-instrument-2025","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":442761,"registerId":"F2025L00229-fast-fetch-1775957704253","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Migration (Public Interest Criterion 4022—Code of Behaviour) Instrument 2025","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nLIN 25/017\n\n \n\nMigration (Public Interest Criterion 4022—Code of Behaviour) Instrument 2025\n\nI, Tony Burke, Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, make the following instrument.\n\nDated  25 February 2025\n\nTony Burke\n\nMinister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs\n\n \n\nContents\n\n1  Name\n\n2  Commencement\n\n3  Authority\n\n4  Approval of the code of behaviour\n\n5  Schedules\n\nSchedule 1—Code of behaviour\n\nSchedule 2—Repeals\n\nMigration (Code of Behaviour for Public Interest Criterion 4022) Instrument (LIN 24/031) 2024\n\n \n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Migration (Public Interest Criterion 4022—Code of Behaviour) Instrument 2025.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n  This instrument commences on the day after it is registered.\n\n3  Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under clause 4.1 of Schedule 4 to the Migration Regulations 1994 (Migration Regulations).\n\n4  Approval of the code of behaviour\n\n  For clause 4.1 of Schedule 4 to the Migration Regulations, the code of behaviour specified in Schedule 1 is approved for the Subclass 050 (Bridging (General)) visa.\n\n5  Schedules\n\n  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.\n\n \n\n\n\n\nSchedule 1—Code of behaviour\n\n \n\nCode of Behaviour\n\n \n\nThis Code of Behaviour contains a list of expectations about how you will behave at all times while in Australia. It does not contain all your rights and duties under Australian law. If you are found to have breached the Code of Behaviour, you could have your income support reduced, or your visa may be cancelled. If your visa is cancelled, you may be taken into immigration detention and may be transferred to a regional processing country.\n\nWhile you are living in the Australian community:\n\n- You must not disobey any Australian laws including Australian road laws; you must cooperate with all lawful instructions given to you by police and other government officials;\n\n\n \n\n- You must not make sexual contact with another person without that person’s consent, regardless of their age; you must never make sexual contact with someone under the age of consent;\n\n\n \n\n- You must not take part in, or get involved in any kind of criminal behaviour in Australia, including violence against any person, including your family or government officials; deliberately damage property; give false identity documents or lie to a government official;\n\n\n \n\n- You must not harass, intimidate or bully any other person or group of people or engage in any anti-social or disruptive activities that are inconsiderate, disrespectful or threaten the peaceful enjoyment of other members of the community;\n\n\n \n\n- You must not refuse to comply with any health undertaking given to the Department of Home Affairs or direction issued by a Medical Officer of the Commonwealth to undertake treatment for a health condition for public health purposes;\n\n\n \n\n- You must co-operate with all reasonable requests from the Department of Home Affairs or its agents in regard to the resolution of your status, including requests to attend interviews or to provide or obtain identity and/or travel documents.\n\n\n \n\nI, __________[name to be written]_________________________________________ agree to abide by this Code of Behaviour while I am living in Australia on a Subclass 050 (Bridging (General)) visa. I understand that if I do not abide by the Code of Behaviour my income support may be reduced or ceased, or my visa may be cancelled and I may be taken into immigration detention.\n\nSignature: ________________________________\n\nDate: _____________________________________  \n\n\nSchedule 2—Repeals\n\nMigration (Code of Behaviour for Public Interest Criterion 4022) Instrument (LIN 24/031) 2024\n\n1  The whole of the instrument\n\nRepeal the instrument.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument maintains the same scope as its predecessor (LIN 24/031/2024). It continues to apply only to Subclass 050 (Bridging (General)) visa holders and serves the identical purpose of approving a Code of Behaviour for Public Interest Criterion 4022. The replacement appears to be a routine republication or minor update rather than an expansion of scope."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument (approximately 2 pages of substantive content)","Only 5 operative sections plus 2 short schedules","No defined terms section — uses plain language","Minimal cross-referencing (only references to Migration Regulations 1994, clause 4.1 of Schedule 4)","Simple structure: name, commencement, authority, approval, schedules","Schedule 1 is a straightforward list of behavioural expectations in bullet points","No nested exceptions, conditional clauses, or complex legislative machinery"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument approves a new Code of Behaviour for Subclass 050 Bridging (General) visa holders (typically people released from immigration detention) and repeals the 2024 version. \n\nIt requires visa holders to meet specified behavioural expectations and cooperate with immigration processes; breaches can trigger loss of income support, visa cancellation, re-detention, or removal. It formalises enforceable, immigration-specific conduct standards for people on this temporary visa."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"This instrument repeals Migration (Code of Behaviour for Public Interest Criterion 4022) Instrument (LIN 24/031) 2024 and approves a new Code of Behaviour that applies to Subclass 050 bridging visa holders. The target population (Subclass 050 holders) remains the same, but the instrument replaces the prior legal text and thereby alters the authoritative code that governs their conduct and Departmental enforcement practice."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow scope: applies only to Subclass 050 (Bridging (General)) visa holders","Directly cross-references clause 4.1 of Schedule 4 to the Migration Regulations 1994, relying on external regulatory framework","Enforcement outcomes include income support reduction, visa cancellation, detention and transfer—multiple administrative and legal consequences","Signatory requirement creates a formal contractual-like obligation on individuals","Several provisions use broad, open-textured terms (eg. \"anti-social or disruptive activities\", \"co-operate with all reasonable requests\") that increase interpretive discretion","Repeals a prior 2024 instrument, creating a continuity/change point for administrative practice"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument approves a Code of Behaviour that visa holders on Subclass 050 (Bridging (General)) must sign and follow while living in Australia. It lists conduct expectations (obey laws, no non‑consensual sexual contact, no criminal or harassing behaviour, comply with health directions, and cooperate with Department requests) and makes non‑compliance a ground for reducing income support, cancelling a visa, detention or transfer to a regional processing country.\nVisa holders bear the compliance cost; the Department enforces and decides consequences, creating administrative discretion and potential compliance burden for individuals and service providers."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. 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