Migration Act 1958
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This notice designates Centrelink (now part of Services Australia) as an approved organisation whose employees or contractors can act as “independent experts” to assess non‑judicial claims of domestic violence in visa applications. It affects applicants who lack court or police evidence of partner violence, allowing Centrelink assessments to support migration claims for permanent residency where relationships end due to abuse.
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Direct links to the current provisions in Migration Regulations 1994 - Specification of Organisation - IMMI 05/064.
SPECIFICATION OF AN ORGANISATION FOR THE PURPOSES OF SUBREGULATION 1.21(1) OF THE MIGRATION REGULATIONS 1994
I, PETER McGAURAN, Minister for Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs, acting under regulation 1.17 and subregulation 1.21(1) of the Migration Regulations 1994 (the Regulations) hereby:
SPECIFY Centrelink as an organisation for the purposes of the definition of independent expert in subregulation 1.21(1) of the Regulations.
Dated 22 June 2005
PETER McGAURAN
Minister for Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs
[NOTE 1: Regulation 1.17 provides that the Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette, specify matters required by individual provisions of these Regulations to be specified for the purposes of those provisions.
NOTE 2: Subregulation 1.21(1) provides a definition of independent expert in relation to making independent assessments of non-judicially determined claims of domestic violence. An independent expert must be employed by, or contracted to provide services to, an organisation that is specified in a Gazette Notice for this definition.]
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SPECIFICATION OF AN ORGANISATION FOR THE PURPOSES OF SUBREGULATION 1.21(1) OF THE MIGRATION REGULATIONS 1994
I, PETER McGAURAN, Minister for Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs, acting under regulation 1.17 and subregulation 1.21(1) of the Migration Regulations 1994 (the Regulations) hereby:
SPECIFY Centrelink as an organisation for the purposes of the definition of independent expert in subregulation 1.21(1) of the Regulations.
Dated 22 June 2005
PETER McGAURAN
Minister for Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs
[NOTE 1: Regulation 1.17 provides that the Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette, specify matters required by individual provisions of these Regulations to be specified for the purposes of those provisions.
NOTE 2: Subregulation 1.21(1) provides a definition of independent expert in relation to making independent assessments of non-judicially determined claims of domestic violence. An independent expert must be employed by, or contracted to provide services to, an organisation that is specified in a Gazette Notice for this definition.]