CLASS OF PERSONS DEFINED AS FAST TRACK APPLICANTS 2016/008

(Paragraph 5(1AA)(b))

I, PETER DUTTON Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, acting under paragraph 5(1AA)(b) of the Migration Act 1958 (the Act):

SPECIFY the following classes of persons for the purposes of paragraph (b) of the definition of fast track applicant in section 5(1) of the Act:

1. A person:

a) who is an unauthorised maritime arrival and transitory person: and

b) who during the period 13 August 2012 until 19 July 2013, was taken to a regional processing country under section 198AD of the Act; and

c) who has returned from the regional processing country to Australia; and

d) who is currently in the migration zone: and

e) who has made a valid application for a protection visa;

2. A person:

a) who was born in the migration zone or a regional processing country: and

b) who is a child of a person included in the class of persons described in paragraph 1 of this Instrument: and

c) who is currently in the migration zone: and

d) who has made a valid application for a protection visa.

This Instrument, Class of Persons Defined as Fast Track Applicants 2016/008, IMMI 16/008 commences the day after registration on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.

Dated: 24 March 2016

Peter Dutton

THE HON PETER DUTTON MP

Minister for Immigration and Border Protection