{"id":"F2006B00555","name":"Migration Regulations 1994 - Specification of Countries for purposes of regulation 2.25A - September 2000","slug":"migration-regulations-1994-specification-of-countries-for-purposes-of-regulation-2-25a-september-200","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":40705,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2006B00555-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"SPECIFICATION OF COUNTRIES FOR PURPOSES ","sectionType":"part","heading":"SPECIFICATION OF COUNTRIES FOR PURPOSES OF REGULATION 2.25A","content":"# SPECIFICATION OF COUNTRIES FOR PURPOSES OF REGULATION 2.25A\n\nI, PHILIP RUDDOCK, Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, acting under regulation 1.17 and regulation 2.25A(1)(b) of the Migration Regulations 1994 hereby\n\n(1) REVOKE all existing instruments specifying countries for the purposes of regulation 2.25A(1)(b) of the Migration Regulations 1994; and\n\n(2) SPECIFY the countries listed in the attached Schedule A for the purposes of regulation 2.25A(1)(b) of the Migration Regulations 1994.\n\nThis notice has effect on date of publication.\n\nDated 16 September 2000.\n\nPHILIP RUDDOCK\n\nMinister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs\n\n\\[NOTE 1: Regulation 2.25A(1)(b) of the Migration Regulations 1994 provides that in determining whether an applicant satisfies the criteria for the grant of a visa, the Minister must seek the opinion of a Medical Officer of the Commonwealth on whether a person meets the certain requirements of Schedule 4 unless the application is for a permanent visa that is made from a country that is a country specified by Gazette Notice for the purposes of this paragraph and there is no information known to Immigration (either through the application or otherwise) to the effect that the person may not meet any of those requirements.\n\nNOTE 2: Regulation 1.03 of the Migration Regulations provides that Hong Kong means Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China.\n\n  \nSCHEDULE A\n\nAustralia Macau\n\nAustria Malaysia\n\nBelgium Malta\n\nBrunei Monaco\n\nCanada Netherlands\n\nDenmark New Zealand\n\nFinland Norway\n\nFrance Portugal\n\nGermany Singapore\n\nGreece South Africa\n\nHong Kong Spain\n\nIceland Sweden\n\nIreland Switzerland\n\nIsrael Thailand\n\nItaly United Kingdom\n\nJapan United States of America\n\nLiechtenstein\n\nLuxembourg","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2312},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument performs exactly the function authorised by regulation 2.25A(1)(b)—specifying countries for a health check exemption. It represents a routine update to the country list without expansion into new policy areas."},"complexity_factors":["Instrument consists of a simple list of countries with minimal procedural text","Meaning depends entirely on cross-referenced regulation 2.25A(1)(b) which contains the actual conditional logic","Straightforward revocation and replacement structure with no nested exceptions"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument lets certain permanent-visa applicants skip the government medical officer assessment when applying from specified “low‑risk” countries listed in Schedule A (examples: US, UK, Canada, many Western European nations, Japan, Singapore). It waives that specific medical-opinion requirement only if nothing in the application suggests the applicant would fail Australia’s health criteria. The change speeds processing for applicants from countries with robust health systems and low public‑health risk."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/migration-regulations-1994-specification-of-countries-for-purposes-of-regulation-2-25a-september-200","history":"/api/acts/migration-regulations-1994-specification-of-countries-for-purposes-of-regulation-2-25a-september-200/history","analysis":"/api/acts/migration-regulations-1994-specification-of-countries-for-purposes-of-regulation-2-25a-september-200/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/migration-regulations-1994-specification-of-countries-for-purposes-of-regulation-2-25a-september-200/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/migration-regulations-1994-specification-of-countries-for-purposes-of-regulation-2-25a-september-200/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/migration-regulations-1994-specification-of-countries-for-purposes-of-regulation-2-25a-september-200/documents"}}