Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1996 No. 211 MIGRATION REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 32

32.1 Insert in Division 213.1:

"213.111 For the purposes of this Part:
'Subclass 213 visa' means:

   (a)  a Subclass 213 (Burmese in Thailand) visa; or

   (b)  a Class 213 (displaced Burmese in Thailand (special assistance)) visa
        within the meaning of the Migration (1993) Regulations; or

   (c)  a transitional (permanent) visa granted on the basis of an application
        for a visa of a kind referred to in paragraph (b).". (NOTE: The note
        following the heading to Division 213.1 should be omitted and the
        following note substituted:

"(NOTE: 'member of the family unit', 'member of the immediate family' and
'permanent humanitarian visa' are defined in regulation 1.03.)".) (NOTE: The
note following the heading to Division 213.2 should be omitted and the
following note substituted:

"(NOTE: The primary criteria must be satisfied by all applicants except
certain applicants who are members of the family unit, or members of the
immediate family, of certain applicants who satisfy the primary criteria.
Those other applicants need satisfy only the secondary criteria.)".)

32.2 Clause 213.212: Omit the clause, substitute:

"213.211 (1) The applicant meets the requirements of subclause (2) or (3).

"(2) The applicant meets the requirements of this subclause if the applicant:

   (a)  is a citizen of Burma; and

   (b)  is resident in Thailand; and

   (c)  is subject to substantial discrimination in Burma.

"(3) An applicant meets the requirements of this subclause if:

   (a)  the applicant's entry to Australia has been proposed in accordance
        with approved form 681 by an Australian permanent resident (in this
        subclause called 'the proposer') who is, or has been, the holder of a
        Subclass 213 visa; and

   (b)  on the date of grant of that visa, the applicant was a member of the
        immediate family of the proposer; and

   (c)  the applicant continues to be a member of the immediate family of the
        proposer; and

   (d)  on or before the date of grant of that visa, that relationship was
        declared to Immigration.".

32.3 After clause 213.221, insert:

"213.221A If the applicant is an applicant who meets the requirements of
subclause 213.211 (3), the applicant continues to meet those requirements.".
(NOTE: The note following the heading to Division 213.3 should be omitted and
the following note substituted:

"(NOTE: These criteria must be satisfied by applicants who are members of the
family unit, or members of the immediate family, of certain persons who
satisfy the primary criteria.)".)

32.4 Clauses 213.311 and 213.312: Omit the clauses, substitute:

"213.311 The applicant:

   (a)  is a member of the family unit of, and made a combined application
        with, a person who meets, or has met, the requirements of subclause
        213.211 (2); or

   (b)  is a member of the immediate family of, and made a combined
        application with, a person who meets, or has met, the requirements of
        subclause 213.211 (3).

"213.312 The written undertaking made under clause 213.213, in respect of the
person referred to in paragraph 213.311 (a) or (b), as the case requires,
includes the applicant.".

32.5 Clause 213.321: Omit the clause, substitute:

"213.321 The applicant:

   (a)  continues to be a member of the family unit of a person who, having
        satisfied the primary criteria (and, in particular, having met the
        requirements of subclause 213.211 (2)), is the holder of a Subclass
        213 visa; or

   (b)  continues to be a member of the immediate family of a person who,
        having satisfied the primary criteria (and, in particular, having met
        the requirements of subclause 213.211 (3)), is the holder of a
        Subclass 213 visa.".