Migration Amendment (Subclass 600 and 870 Visas) Regulations 2019

I, General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations.

Dated 12 December 2019

David Hurley

Governor‑General

By His Excellency’s Command

David Coleman

Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs

Contents

1 Name

2 Commencement

3 Authority

4 Schedules

Schedule 1—Amendments commencing day after registration

Migration Regulations 1994

Schedule 2—Amendments commencing 29 February 2020

Migration Regulations 1994

1  Name

  This instrument is the Migration Amendment (Subclass 600 and 870 Visas) Regulations 2019.

2  Commencement

 (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

 (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3  Authority

  This instrument is made under the Migration Act 1958.

4  Schedules

  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendments commencing day after registration

Migration Regulations 1994

1  At the end of subregulation 4.02(4)

Add:

 ; (r) a decision to refuse to grant a Subclass 870 (Sponsored Parent (Temporary)) visa to a non‑citizen if the non‑citizen:

 (i) is outside Australia at the time of application; and

 (ii) is sponsored by a parent sponsor at the time the decision to refuse to grant the visa is made.

2  At the of end of subregulation 4.02(5)

Add:

 ; (q) in the case of a decision to which paragraph (4)(r) applies—the parent sponsor.

3  In the appropriate position in Schedule 13

Insert:

Part 88—Amendments made by the Migration Amendment (Subclass 600 and 870 Visas) Regulations 2019

8801  Operation of Schedule 1

  The amendments of regulation 4.02 of these Regulations made by Schedule 1 to the Migration Amendment (Subclass 600 and 870 Visas) Regulations 2019 apply in relation to a decision to refuse to grant a visa if the decision is made on or after the commencement of this clause, whether the visa application was made before, on or after that commencement.

Schedule 2—Amendments commencing 29 February 2020

Migration Regulations 1994

1  Clause 600.615 of Schedule 2

Omit “8550,”.

2  Clause 600.615 of Schedule 2

Omit “and 8573”, substitute “, 8573 and 8609”.

3  Clause 870.611 of Schedule 2

Omit “8550 and 8564”, substitute “8564 and 8609”.

4  At the end of Schedule 8

Add:

8609  The holder must notify Immigration of a change to any of the following within 14 days after the change occurs:

 (a) the holder’s name;

 (b) the holder’s residential address;

 (c) an email address of the holder;

 (d) a phone number of the holder;

 (e) the holder’s passport details.

5  In the appropriate position in Part 88 of Schedule 13

Insert:

8802  Operation of Schedule 2

  The amendments of Schedule 2 to these Regulations made by Schedule 2 to the Migration Amendment (Subclass 600 and 870 Visas) Regulations 2019 apply in relation to a visa if the application for the visa is made on or after 29 February 2020.