Commonwealth of Australia
Migration Act 1958
NOTICE UNDER SECTION 503A OF THE MIGRATION ACT 1958 AS AMENDED BY THE MIGRATION LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (PROTECTED INFORMATION) ACT 2003.
I, PHILIP RUDDOCK, Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs, acting under subsection 503A(9) of the Migration Act 1958 as amended by the Migration Legislation Amendment (Protected Information) Act 2003 hereby:
- REVOKE the gazette notice made under subsection 503A(9) of the Migration Act 1958 as amended by the Migration Legislation Amendment (Strengthening of Provisions relating to Character and Conduct) Act 1998 and signed on 4 August 2003;
2. SPECIFY each of the Australian law enforcement or intelligence bodies listed in Schedule 1 to this notice, as a gazetted agency for the purposes of paragraph (a) of the definition of ‘gazetted agency’ in subsection 503A(9) of the Migration Act 1958, as amended by the Migration Legislation Amendment (Protected Information) Act 2003;
3. SPECIFY each of the foreign countries, or parts of foreign countries, listed in Schedule 2 to this notice, as foreign countries, or parts of foreign countries, for the purposes of paragraph (b) of the definition of ‘gazetted agency’, in subsection 503A(9) of the Migration Act 1958, as amended by the Migration Legislation Amendment (Protected Information) Act 2003.
4. This Instrument comes into effect upon publication.
Dated 14 August 2003.
PHILIP RUDDOCK
Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs
[NOTE 1: Gazette Notice is defined in regulation 1.03 to mean a notice in the Gazette by the Minister that is authorised by the Act; or a notice under regulation 1.17.
NOTE 2: The definition of gazetted agency in subsection 503A(9) of the Migration Act 1958, as amended by the Migration Legislation Amendment (Protected Information) Act 2003 provides in part that a gazetted agency means:
(a) in the case of an Australian law enforcement or intelligence body – a body specified in a notice published by the Minister in the Gazette; or
(b) in the case of a foreign law enforcement body – a body in a foreign country, or a part of a foreign country, that is a foreign country, or part of a foreign country, specified in a notice published by the Minister in the Gazette.
NOTE 3: The definition of Australian law enforcement or intelligence body in subsection 503A(9) of the Migration Act 1958, as amended by the Migration Legislation Amendment (Protected Information) Act 2003, provides that an Australian law enforcement or intelligence body means a body, agency or organisation that is responsible for, or deals with, law enforcement, criminal intelligence, criminal investigation, fraud or security intelligence in, or in a part of Australia.
NOTE 4: The definition of foreign law enforcement body in subsection 503A(9) of the Migration Act 1958, as amended by the Migration Legislation Amendment (Protected Information) Act 2003, provides that a foreign law enforcement body means a body, agency or organisation that is responsible for, or deals with, law enforcement, criminal intelligence, criminal investigation, fraud or security intelligence in a foreign country or a part of a foreign country.]
SCHEDULE 1
LIST OF AUSTRALIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES OR INTELLIGENCE BODIES
- Australian Federal Police.
- Australian Crime Commission.
- Australian Security Intelligence Organisation.
- Aus Trac.
- Crim Trac.
- Interpol National Central Bureau, Canberra.
- New South Wales Police Service.
- Victoria Police.
- Queensland Police Service.
- South Australia Police.
- Western Australia Police Service.
- Tasmania Police
- Northern Territory Police.
- Australian Customs Service.
- Department of the Treasury.
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
- Attorney-General’s Department.
- Australian Tax Office.
- Centrelink.
- Health Insurance Commission.
- Australian Securities and Investments Commission.
SCHEDULE 2
LIST OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES, OR PARTS OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES
A Abu Dhabi, Afghanistan, Ajman, Albania, Alderney, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Austria, Azad Kashmir, Azerbijan
B Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Barbuda, Belarus, Belau, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Bouvetøya, Brazil, Brechou, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi
C Caicos Islands, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Ceuta, Chad, Channel Islands, Chile, China People’s Republic of, Colombia, Comoros, Congo Democratic Republic, Congo Republic, Cook Islands, Coral Sea Islands Territory, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic
D Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Dubai
E East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopa
F Falkland Islands, Faroe Islands, Fiji, Finland, France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Fujairah, Futuna Islands
G Gabon Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guatemala, Guernsey, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana
H Haiti, Herm, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary
I Iceland, India, Indian Ocean Territory (British), Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Ireland (Northern), Isle of Man, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast
J Jamaica, Japan, Jersey, Jethou, Jordan
K Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Korea Democratic People’s Republic (North Korea), Korea Republic (South Korea), Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan
L Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lihou, Lithuania, Luxembourg
M Macau, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Melilla, Mexico, Micronesia, Federated States of, Midway Island, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar
SCHEDULE 2 - continued
LIST OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES, OR PARTS OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES - continued
N Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Marian Islands, Commonwealth of the, Norway
O Oman
P Pakistan, Palau, Palestinian Territories, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Poland, Portugal, Príncipe, Puerto Rico
Q Qatar
R Ras al-Khaimah, Reunion, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda
S St Kitts and Nevis, St Helena, Saint Lucia, St Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, São Tomé and Príncipe, Sark, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia and Montenegro, Seychelles, Sharjah, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Georgia, South Sandwich Islands, Spain, Spanish North Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria
T Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tobago, Togo, Tokelau, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tristan da Cunha, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu
U Uganda, Ukraine, Umm al-Qaiwain, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands, Uruguay, Uzbekistan
V Vanuatu, Vatican City, Venezuela, Vietnam, Virgin Islands British, Virgin Islands US
W Wake Island, Wallis and Futuna Islands
Y Yemen
Z Zambia, Zimbabwe