Commonwealth of Australia
Migration Regulations 1994
TRANSIT PASSENGERS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR A SPECIAL PURPOSE VISA (Paragraph 2.40(1)(n))
I, CHRIS BOWEN, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, acting under paragraph 2.40(l)(n) of the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations’):
1. REVOKE Instrument number IMMI 09/064, signed on 4 February 2010 specifying transit passengers for the purposes of paragraph 2.40(1)(n) of the Regulations; AND
2. SPECIFY each class of persons specified in clauses (a) to (d) of the schedule to this instrument as a class of persons for the purposes of paragraph 2.40(1)(n) of the Regulations.
This Instrument, IMMI 12/072, commences on 8 June 2012.
Dated 7 June 2012
CHRIS BOWEN
Minister for Immigration and Citizenship
[NOTE 1: Paragraph 2.40(1)(n) of the Regulations provides that transit passengers who belong to a class of persons specified by Gazette Notice are prescribed as having a Special Purpose Visa for the purposes of section 33(2)(a) of the Migration Act 1958.
NOTE 2: Subsection 56(1) of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003 provides that if the enabling legislation in relation to a legislative instrument as in force at any time before the commencing day of that Act (1 January 2005) required the text of the instrument, or particulars of its making, to be published in the Gazette, the requirement for publication in the Gazette is taken, in relation to any such instrument made on or after that day, to be satisfied if the instrument is registered]
SCHEDULE
(a) Citizens of the following foreign countries:
Andorra
Japan
Republic of Marshall Islands
Argentina
Kiribati
Samoa
Austria
Latvia
San Marino
Belgium
Liechtenstein
Singapore
Brunei
Lithuania
Slovakia
Canada
Luxembourg
Slovenia
Cyprus
Malaysia
Solomon Islands
Czech Republic
Malta
South Korea
Denmark
Mexico
Spain
Estonia
Monaco
Sweden
Federated States of Micronesia
Nauru
Switzerland
Fiji
Netherlands
Thailand
Finland
New Zealand
Tonga
France
Norway
Tuvalu
Germany
Palau
United Arab Emirates
Greece
Oman
United Kingdom (including its colonies)
Hungary
Papua New Guinea
Iceland
Philippines
United States of America
Indonesia
Poland
Vanuatu
Ireland
Portugal
Vatican
Italy
Republic of South Africa
(b) Residents of Hong Kong holding Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) passports or British National Overseas (BNO) passports.
(c) Residents of Taiwan holding a passport issued by the authorities of Taiwan (other than passports purported to be official or diplomatic passports).
(d) Diplomatic passport holders, excluding holders of:
Arab Non-National Passports; and
Diplomatic passports from the following foreign countries:
Afghanistan
Jordan
Russian Federation
Algeria
Kuwait
Saudi Arabia
Angola
Lebanon
Sierra Leone
Bahrain
Libya
Somalia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Madagascar
Sudan
Comoros
Mauritania
Syria
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Morocco
Tunisia
Egypt
Pakistan
Zimbabwe
Iran
Qatar
Iraq
Republic of Yemen