Statutory Rules 1988 No. 941

Immigration (Guardianship of Children)

Regulations2 (Amendment)

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Immigration (Guardianship of Children) Act 1946.

Dated 18 May 1988.

N. M. STEPHEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

Clyde Holding

Minister of State for Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs

Interpretation

1. Regulation 3 of the Immigration (Guardianship of Children) Regulations is amended by omitting the definition of “authority” and substituting the following definition:

“ ‘authority’, in relation to a State or Territory, means the person performing functions in relation to the welfare of children in that State or Territory who occupies the position approved by the Minister by notice published in the Gazette for the purposes of this definition in relation to that State or Territory;”.

2. Regulation 3a of the Immigration (Guardianship of Children) Regulations is repealed and the following regulation substituted:

(S.R. 374/87)—Cat. No. 15/5.4.1988

Prescribed officers for the purposes of section 4a of the Act

“3a. Each officer of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory performing functions in relation to the welfare of children in a State or Territory and holding a delegation under subsection 5 (1) of the Act is prescribed for the purposes of section 4a of the Act in relation to that State or Territory.”.

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 25 May 1988.

2. Statutory Rules 1946 No. 195 as amended by 1952 No. 70; 1956 No. 117; 1963 No. 47; 1979 No. 288; 1984 No. 48 and 1986 No. 159.

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