Migration Amendment (Partner Visas) Regulation 2014
Select Legislative Instrument No. 200, 2014
I, General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Ret’d), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulation.
Dated 11 December 2014
Peter Cosgrove
Governor‑General
By His Excellency’s Command
Scott Morrison
Minister for Immigration and Border Protection
Contents
1............ Name................................................................................................... 1
2............ Commencement................................................................................... 1
3............ Authority............................................................................................. 1
4............ Schedules............................................................................................ 1
Schedule 1—Amendments 2
Part 1—Main amendments 2
Migration Regulations 1994 2
Part 2—Application and transitional provisions 3
Migration Regulations 1994 3
1 Name
This is the Migration Amendment (Partner Visas) Regulation 2014.
2 Commencement
This instrument commences on 1 January 2015.
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Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.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
Part 1—Main amendments
Migration Regulations 1994
1 Subparagraph 1124B(2)(a)(vii) of Schedule 1 (table item 1)
Omit “$4 575”, substitute “$6 865”.
2 Subparagraph 1124B(2)(a)(vii) of Schedule 1 (table item 2)
Omit “$2 290”, substitute “$3 435”.
3 Subparagraph 1124B(2)(a)(vii) of Schedule 1 (table item 3)
Omit “$1 145”, substitute “$1 720”.
4 Subparagraph 1129(2)(a)(ii) of Schedule 1 (table item 1)
Omit “$3 085”, substitute “$4 630”.
5 Subparagraph 1129(2)(a)(ii) of Schedule 1 (table item 2)
Omit “$1 545”, substitute “$2 320”.
6 Subparagraph 1129(2)(a)(ii) of Schedule 1 (table item 3)
Omit “$770”, substitute “$1 155”.
7 Paragraph 1215(2)(a) of Schedule 1 (table item 1)
Omit “$3 085”, substitute “$4 630”.
8 Paragraph 1215(2)(a) of Schedule 1 (table item 2)
Omit “$1 545”, substitute “$2 320”.
9 Paragraph 1215(2)(a) of Schedule 1 (table item 3)
Omit “$770”, substitute “$1 155”.
Part 2—Application and transitional provisions
Migration Regulations 1994
10 Schedule 13
Insert in its appropriate numerical position:
Part 39—Amendments made by the Migration Amendment (Partner Visas) Regulation 2014
3901 Operation of Part 1 of Schedule 1
The amendments of these Regulations made by Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Migration Amendment (Partner Visas) Regulation 2014 apply in relation to an application for a visa made on or after 1 January 2015.