Migration Amendment (Subclass 500 Visas) Regulations 2024

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   14 March 2024

David Hurley

Governor‑General

By His Excellency’s Command

Clare O’Neil

Minister for Home Affairs

Contents

1 Name

2 Commencement

3 Authority

4 Schedules

Schedule 1—Amendments

Migration Regulations 1994

1  Name

  This instrument is the Migration Amendment (Subclass 500 Visas) Regulations 2024.

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Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.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  Clause 500.212 of Schedule 2

Omit “because”.

2  Paragraph 500.212(a) of Schedule 2

Omit “the applicant intends genuinely to stay in Australia temporarily,”.

3  Subparagraph 500.212(a)(iv) of Schedule 2

Repeal the subparagraph.

4  Paragraph 500.212(b) of Schedule 2

Before “the applicant intends”, insert “because”.

5  Paragraph 500.212(c) of Schedule 2

Before “of any other”, insert “because”.

6  Clause 500.312 of Schedule 2

Omit “, because”.

7  Paragraph 500.312(a) of Schedule 2

Omit “the applicant intends genuinely to stay in Australia temporarily,”.

8  Subparagraph 500.312(a)(iv) of Schedule 2

Repeal the subparagraph.

9  Paragraph 500.312(b) of Schedule 2

Before “the applicant intends”, insert “because”.

10  Paragraph 500.312(c) of Schedule 2

Before “of any other”, insert “because”.

11  In the appropriate position in Schedule 13

Insert:

Part 122—Amendments made by the Migration Amendment (Subclass 500 Visas) Regulations 2024

12201  Operation of Schedule 1

  The amendments of these Regulations made by Schedule 1 to the Migration Amendment (Subclass 500 Visas) Regulations 2024 apply in relation to an application for a visa made on or after the commencement of that Schedule.