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MIGRATION (REPUBLIC OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS) REGULATIONS 1994 NO. 403

MIGRATION (REPUBLIC OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS) REGULATIONS 1994 NO. 403

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

STATUTORY RULES 1994 No. 403

Migration Act 1958

Migration (Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina - United Nations Security Council Resolutions) Regulations

Section 504 of the Migration Act 1958 (the Act) provides that the Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with the Act, to prescribe all matters which are required or permitted by the Act to be prescribed, for carrying out or giving effect to the Act. In addition, subsection 31(3) of the Act enables regulations to be made to prescribe the criteria for a visa and paragraph 116(1)(g) of the Act enables regulations to be made prescribing grounds for the cancellation of visas.

The purpose of the Regulations is to implement the objectives of United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) No. 942 of 23 September 1994, which imposes sanctions against areas of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina which are under the control of Bosnian Serb forces. The effect of the Regulations is to limit the circumstances in which the Minister may grant a visa of any class to persons connected with the Bosnian Serb forces in these areas, and to persons engaging in certain economic activities with persons and entities in the same areas. Provision is also made for the cancellation of a visa, other than a permanent visa, held by a person who is not an Australian citizen and who engages in the proscribed economic activities within Australia.

Details of the Regulations are set out in the Attachment.

The Regulations commence on 12 December 1994.

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