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MIGRATION REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1991 NO. 2

Statutory Rules 1991 No. 2

Subject - Migration Act 1958

Migration Regulations (Amendment)

Section 181 of the Migration Act 1958 (the Act) provides that the Governor-General may make regulations for the purposes of the Act. In addition sections 23 and 33 of the Act enable him to make regulations providing for different classes of visas and entry permits.

Apart from regulation 14, these amendments are only technical amendments directed towards correcting drafting errors or clarifying the meaning of certain regulations and no policy considerations are involved.

Regulation 14 provides for citizens of the People's Republic of China who have been granted temporary residence as the holders of a PRC (temporary) entry permit, to sponsor their spouses and/or dependent children for temporary entry into Australia from 1 February 1991.

Authority: sections 23, 33 and 181 of the Migration Act 1958

Issued by the Minister for Trade Negotiations for and on behalf of the Minister for Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs