{"id":"C2004L05152","name":"Migration (Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro)-United Nations Security Council Resolutions) Regulations (Repeal)","slug":"migration-yugoslavia-serbia-and-montenegro-united-nations-security-council-resolutions-regulations-r","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"279 of 1996","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":27799,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004L05152-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Migration (Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro)-United Nations Security Council Resolutions) Regulations (Repeal)","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 20.2\ntitle: 96R409\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![](image.001.png)\n\nStatutory Rules 1996   No. 2791\n\n__________________\n\nMigration (Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro)—United Nations Security Council Resolutions) Regulations (Repeal)\n\nI, The 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 11 December 1996.\n\n \n\n WILLIAM DEANE\n\n Governor-General\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\n \n\n \n\nPHILIP RUDDOCK\n\nMinister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs\n\n____________\n\n1.   Repeal\n\n1.1   Statutory Rules 1994 No. 266 and 1996 No. 13 are repealed.\n\n[NOTE: These Regulations commence on gazettal: see Acts Interpretation Act 1901, s. 48.]\n\nNOTE\n\n1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 12 December 1996.\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1765},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a straightforward repeal instrument that eliminates the earlier UN sanctions migration regime without expanding into new policy areas or adding new regulatory burden."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision repealing two named instruments","No defined terms or interpretation section","No conditional logic, exceptions, or procedural requirements","No cross-references to other legislative provisions"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation **removes (repeals) earlier migration restrictions** that targeted the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro).\n\nDuring the 1990s Balkan conflicts, Australia imposed special visa and entry restrictions on people from Serbia and Montenegro to comply with **United Nations Security Council sanctions**. Those rules were set out in regulations made in 1994 and 1996.\n\nThis instrument **cancels those restrictions entirely**. It means:\n*   People from Serbia and Montenegro are no longer subject to those specific migration bans or limitations\n*   The Department of Immigration stops applying these sanctions-related checks\n\nThis change reflects the easing of international sanctions against the former Yugoslavia, removing a wartime migration control that is no longer needed."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/migration-yugoslavia-serbia-and-montenegro-united-nations-security-council-resolutions-regulations-r","history":"/api/acts/migration-yugoslavia-serbia-and-montenegro-united-nations-security-council-resolutions-regulations-r/history","analysis":"/api/acts/migration-yugoslavia-serbia-and-montenegro-united-nations-security-council-resolutions-regulations-r/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/migration-yugoslavia-serbia-and-montenegro-united-nations-security-council-resolutions-regulations-r/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/migration-yugoslavia-serbia-and-montenegro-united-nations-security-council-resolutions-regulations-r/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/migration-yugoslavia-serbia-and-montenegro-united-nations-security-council-resolutions-regulations-r/documents"}}