Migration Amendment (Biosecurity Contraventions) Regulations 2020

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 26 November 2020

David Hurley

Governor‑General

By His Excellency’s Command

Alan Tudge

Minister for Population, Cities and Urban Infrastructure
for the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs

Contents

1 Name

2 Commencement

3 Authority

4 Schedules

Schedule 1—Amendments

Migration Regulations 1994

1  Name

  This instrument is the Migration Amendment (Biosecurity Contraventions) Regulations 2020.

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Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.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

Migration Regulations 1994

1  Subparagraphs 2.43(1)(s)(i) to (v)

Repeal the subparagraphs, substitute:

 (i) a Subclass 400 (Temporary Work (Short Stay Specialist)) visa; or

 (ii) a Subclass 403 (Temporary Work (International Relations)) visa; or

 (iii) a Subclass 407 (Training) visa; or

 (iv) a Subclass 408 (Temporary Activity) visa; or

 (v) a Subclass 417 (Working Holiday) visa; or

 (vi) a Subclass 457 (Temporary Work (Skilled)) visa; or

 (vii) a Subclass 462 (Work and Holiday) visa; or

 (viii) a Subclass 476 (Skilled—Recognised Graduate) visa; or

 (ix) a Subclass 482 (Temporary Skill Shortage) visa; or

 (x) a Subclass 485 (Temporary Graduate) visa; or

 (xi) a Subclass 500 (Student) visa; or

 (xii) a Subclass 590 (Student Guardian) visa; or

 (xiii) a Subclass 600 (Visitor) visa; or

 (xiv) a Subclass 601 (Electronic Travel Authority) visa; or

 (xv) a Subclass 651 (eVisitor) visa; or

 (xvi) a Subclass 676 (Tourist) visa; or

 (xvii) a Subclass 771 (Transit) visa; or

 (xviii) a Subclass 988 (Maritime Crew) visa;