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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.
What this does This instrument updates the official list of countries whose business travelers qualify for streamlined visa arrangements under the APEC Business Travel Card scheme. It cancels the previous list (from September 2001) and replaces it with a new schedule of 12 economies.
Who it affects Business travelers from: Brunei, Chile, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, China, Peru, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Thailand. If your country appears on this list, you may be eligible for the APEC Business Travel Card, which provides expedited visa processing and faster immigration clearance when traveling to Australia for business.
Why it matters This designation acts as the "gatekeeper" for the APEC Business Travel Card program. Only citizens of economies specifically named in this notice can access the special visa privileges designed to facilitate business movement across the Asia-Pacific region.
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Direct links to the current provisions in Migration Regulations 1994 - Specification of Designated APEC Economy - December 2002.
Migration Regulations 1994
I, PHILIP RUDDOCK, Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs, acting under regulations 1.17 and 1.03 of the Migration Regulations ("the Regulations"), hereby:
(1) REVOKE the Gazette Notice specifying designated APEC economies made for the purposes of regulation 1.03 of the Regulations on 21 September 2001; and
(2) SPECIFY each APEC economy referred to in the Schedule to this instrument as a designated APEC economy for the purposes of the definition of "designated APEC economy" in regulation 1.03 of the Regulations.
This notice has effect upon publication.
Dated 10 December 2002.
PHILIP RUDDOCK
Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs
[NOTE (1) Regulation 1.17 provides that the Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette, specify matters required by individual provisions of the Regulations to be specified for the purposes of those provisions.
NOTE (2) The definition of “designated APEC economy” in regulation 1.03 provides that a designated APEC economy means an APEC economy specified by Gazette Notice for the purposes of the definition.]
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SCHEDULE
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Item Designated APEC Economy
Brunei Darussalam
Chile
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China
Republic of Indonesia
Japan
The Republic of Korea
Malaysia
People’s Republic of China
Peru
The Republic of the Philippines
Taiwan
Thailand
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Migration Regulations 1994
I, PHILIP RUDDOCK, Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs, acting under regulations 1.17 and 1.03 of the Migration Regulations ("the Regulations"), hereby:
(1) REVOKE the Gazette Notice specifying designated APEC economies made for the purposes of regulation 1.03 of the Regulations on 21 September 2001; and
(2) SPECIFY each APEC economy referred to in the Schedule to this instrument as a designated APEC economy for the purposes of the definition of "designated APEC economy" in regulation 1.03 of the Regulations.
This notice has effect upon publication.
Dated 10 December 2002.
PHILIP RUDDOCK
Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs
[NOTE (1) Regulation 1.17 provides that the Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette, specify matters required by individual provisions of the Regulations to be specified for the purposes of those provisions.
NOTE (2) The definition of “designated APEC economy” in regulation 1.03 provides that a designated APEC economy means an APEC economy specified by Gazette Notice for the purposes of the definition.]
SCHEDULE
Item Designated APEC Economy
Brunei Darussalam
Chile
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China
Republic of Indonesia
Japan
The Republic of Korea
Malaysia
People’s Republic of China
Peru
The Republic of the Philippines
Taiwan
Thailand