1Migration (United Nations Security Council Resolutions) Regulations 2007

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Migration (United Nations Security Council Resolutions) Regulations 20071

Select Legislative Instrument 2007 No. 167

I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, 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.

Dated 21 June 2007

P. M. JEFFERY

Governor‑General

By His Excellency’s Command

KEVIN ANDREWS

Minister for Immigration and Citizenship

1 Name of Regulations

These Regulations are the Migration (United Nations Security Council Resolutions) Regulations 2007.

2 Commencement

These Regulations commence on 1 July 2007.

3 Repeal

The following regulations are repealed:

(a) Migration (Sierra Leone – United Nations Security Council Resolution No. 1171) Regulations 1997;

(b) Migration (Liberia – United Nations Security Council Resolutions) Regulations 2001;

(c) Migration (Afghanistan – United Nations Security Council Resolution No. 1390) Regulations 2002;

(d) Migration (Côte d’Ivoire – United Nations Security Council Resolutions) Regulations 2005.

4 Definitions

In these Regulations:

Act means the Migration Act 1958.

committee means a committee established under a United Nations Security Council Resolution.

resolution means a United Nations Security Council Resolution specified by the Minister, by legislative instrument.

UNSC‑designated person has the meaning given by regulation 5.

5 Meaning of UNSC‑designated person

A person is a UNSC‑designated person if, under a resolution, Australia is required to prevent the person entering or transiting through Australian territory.

6 Application

These Regulations apply despite any provisions in other regulations made under the Act.

7 Special criterion for grant of visas

(1) This regulation applies in relation to an application for a visa:

(a) made, but not finally determined (within the meaning of subsection 5 (9) of the Act), before 1 July 2007; or

(b) made on or after 1 July 2007.

(2) It is a criterion applicable (at the time of decision) to an application for a visa of any class that the Minister is satisfied that: