Migration Regulations 1994 - Specification of Class of Passports - IMMI 12/101
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Migration Regulations 1994
CLASS OF PASSPORTS
(Schedule 4, Part 1, Public Interest Criterion 4021)
I, CHRIS BOWEN, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, acting under Public Interest Criterion 4021 of Schedule 4 to the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations’) SPECIFY that the following documents are NOT TO BE TAKEN to be a passport or travel document, for the purposes of Public Interest Criterion 4021:
(a) Travel documents with certain characteristics specified in Schedule A to this instrument; and
(b) Specified Travel Documents in Schedule B to this instrument.
This Instrument, IMMI 12/101, commences on 24 November 2012, immediately after the commencement of the Migration Legislation Amendment Regulation 2012 (No. 5).
Dated 22 November 2012
Chris Bowen
Minister for Immigration and Citizenship
[NOTE 1: Public Interest Criterion 4021 of the Regulations provides that, either the applicant holds a valid passport that was issued to the applicant by an official source and is in the form issued by the official source and that is not in a class of passports specified by the Minister in an instrument in writing, or it would be unreasonable to require the applicant to hold a passport.]