{"id":"F2002B00011","name":"Migration (Republic of Sudan — United Nations Security Council Resolution No. 1054) Repeal Regulations 2002","slug":"migration-republic-of-sudan-united-nations-security-council-resolution-no-1054-repeal-regulations-20","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"11 of 2002","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":31029,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2002B00011-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Migration (Republic of Sudan — United Nations Security Council Resolution No. 1054) Repeal Regulations 2002","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nMigration (Republic of Sudan — United Nations Security Council Resolution No. 1054) Repeal Regulations 2002\n\nStatutory Rules 2002 No. 111\n\nI, PETER JOHN HOLLINGWORTH, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Migration Act 1958.\n\nDated 14 February 2002\n\nPETER HOLLINGWORTH\n\nGovernor-General\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command\n\nPHILIP RUDDOCK\n\nMinister for Immigration and Multicultural and\n\nIndigenous Affairs\n\n1 Name of Regulations\n\nThese Regulations are the Migration (Republic of Sudan — United Nations Security Council Resolution No. 1054) Repeal Regulations 2002.\n\n2 Commencement\n\nThese Regulations commence on 1 March 2002.\n\n3 Migration (Republic of Sudan — United Nations Security Council Resolution No. 1054) Regulations 1996 — repeal\n\nThe following Statutory Rules are repealed:\n\n 1996 No. 153\n\n 1999 No. 226.\n\n4 Transitional\n\nThe Statutory Rules mentioned in regulation 3 do not apply in relation to an application for a visa:\n\n(a) made, but not finally determined (within the meaning of subsection 5 (9) of the Migration Act 1958), before 1 March 2002; or\n\n(b) made on or after 1 March 2002.\n\nNote\n\n> Note: 1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 21 February 2002.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1475},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation maintains a narrow, single-purpose scope: repealing specific sanctions-related regulations. The inclusion of a transitional provision for pending applications is standard administrative practice and does not represent scope creep."},"complexity_factors":["Only 4 regulations total","Simple repeal of two statutory rules without amendments","Transitional provision contains only two straightforward date-based conditions","No definitions section or technical terminology","Single-purpose instrument with no cross-referencing to other legislation beyond the empowering Migration Act 1958"],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations repeal Australia’s old visa restrictions imposed to comply with UN Security Council Resolution 1054, removing the sanctions-based bars on Sudan-related visa applicants. \n\nThe change affects both pending applications lodged before 1 March 2002 and new applications from that date onward, restoring normal visa processing for Sudanese nationals and others previously caught by those UN-linked restrictions."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/migration-republic-of-sudan-united-nations-security-council-resolution-no-1054-repeal-regulations-20","history":"/api/acts/migration-republic-of-sudan-united-nations-security-council-resolution-no-1054-repeal-regulations-20/history","analysis":"/api/acts/migration-republic-of-sudan-united-nations-security-council-resolution-no-1054-repeal-regulations-20/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/migration-republic-of-sudan-united-nations-security-council-resolution-no-1054-repeal-regulations-20/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/migration-republic-of-sudan-united-nations-security-council-resolution-no-1054-repeal-regulations-20/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/migration-republic-of-sudan-united-nations-security-council-resolution-no-1054-repeal-regulations-20/documents"}}