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MIGRATION REGULATIONS 1994 - REG 3.06A

Designated foreign dignitaries

  (1)   For item   10 of Part   2 of Schedule   9 (which deals with persons not required to comply with section   166 of the Act), a person is a designated foreign dignitary if:

  (a)   the Minister specifies the person in an instrument in writing for this paragraph; or

  (b)   the person is included in a class of persons specified by the Minister in an instrument in writing for this paragraph.

  (2)   The Minister must specify a person or a class in accordance with arrangements approved in writing by the Minister.

  (3)   If the person is specified in an instrument for paragraph   (1)(a), the period in which the person is a designated foreign dignitary:

  (a)   starts when the Minister specifies the person; and

  (b)   ends at the time, or in the way, mentioned in the instrument.

  (4)   If the person is included in a class of persons specified in an instrument for paragraph   (1)(b), the period in which the person is a designated foreign dignitary:

  (a)   starts when the person becomes a member of the class; and

  (b)   ends at the time, or in the way, mentioned in the instrument.

  (5)   For item   10 of Part   2 of Schedule   9, a person is a designated foreign dignitary if the person is an accompanying member of the immediate family of a person who is a designated foreign dignitary in accordance with subregulation   (1).

Note:   Regulation   1.12AA explains when a person is a member of the immediate family of another person.

  (6)   An instrument made under paragraph   (1)(a) or (b) is not a legislative instrument.

Note:   The effect of section   168 of the Act, regulation   3.06 and Part   2 of Schedule   9 to these Regulations is that a designated foreign dignitary is not required to comply with the requirements of section   166 of the Act relating to the giving of information.


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