MIGRATION REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1997 NO. 17 

MIGRATION REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1997 NO. 17 
- TABLE OF PROVISIONS

1.  Amendment  
2.  Schedule 1 (Classes of visas)  


1997 No. 17 MIGRATION REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
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1. Amendment


  1.1 The Migration Regulations are amended as set out in these 
Regulations.
[NOTE: These Regulations commence on gazettal: see Acts Interpretation 
Act 1901, s. 48.]


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2. Schedule 1 (Classes of visas)


  2.1 Subitem 1107 (2):
After paragraph (ab), insert:
  "(ac) Applicant who appears to the Minister, on the basis of the 
information contained in the application, to be an orphan relative or 
a special need relative:
                 $600.".

  2.2 Paragraph 1107 (2) (b):
Omit "$600.", substitute "$1500.".
2.3 Subitem 1115 (2):
After paragraph (bb), insert:
  "(bc) Applicant who appears to the Minister, on the basis of the 
information contained in the application, to be an orphan relative or 
a special need relative:
                 $600.
  (bd) Applicant who:
   (i) is the holder of a Subclass 300 (Prospective Marriage) visa 
granted on the basis of an application that was made:
      (A) before 1 November 1996; or
      (B) in response to an invitation under subregulation 2.11 (1) in 
relation to an application for a Spouse (Migrant) (Class BC) visa that 
was made before 1 November 1996 and has been refused; and
   (ii) is married to the person who was specified as the applicant's 
intended spouse in the application that resulted in the grant of that 
Subclass 300 visa; and
   (iii) seeks to remain in Australia permanently on the basis of that 
marriage:
                 $600.".

  2.4 Paragraph 1115 (2) (c):
Omit "$600.", substitute "$1500.".


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NOTES
*1* Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 26 February 
1997.


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*2* Statutory Rules 1994 No. 268 as amended by 1994 Nos. 280, 322, 376 
and 452; 1995 Nos. 3, 38, 117, 134, 268, 302 and 411; 1996 Nos. 12, 
75, 76, 108, 121, 135, 198, 211 and 276.


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1997 No. 17*1* MIGRATION REGULATIONS*2* (AMENDMENT)

- Dated 19 February 1997