Commonwealth of Australia
 
Migration Regulations 1994
 
 
SECURITIES IN WHICH AN INVESTMENT IS A DESIGNATED INVESTMENT FOR THE PURPOSES OF SUBCLASSES 131, 162, 165, 188, 405, 844, 888, 891 & 893
 
(Regulation 5.19A)
 
I, CHRIS BOWEN, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, acting under regulation 5.19A of the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations’):
 
1.                  REVOKE Instrument IMMI 05/044 signed on 23 June 2005, specifying each security issued by a State or Territory government authority as a security in which an investment is a designated investment; and
 
2.         SPECIFY each security issued by a State or Territory government authority referred to in the Schedule to this instrument as a security in which an investment is a designated investment for the purposes of Parts 131, 162, 165, 188, 405, 844, 888, 891 and 893 of Schedule 2 to the Regulations.
 
This Instrument, IMMI 12/064, commences on 1 July 2012, immediately after the commencement of Migration Amendment Regulation 2012 (No. 2).
 
 
Dated 12 June             2012
 
 
 
CHRIS BOWEN
Minister for Immigration and Citizenship
 
 
 
 
[NOTE 1:         Regulation 5.19A of the Regulations provides that the Minister may specify by Gazette Notice a security issued by an Australian State or Territory government authority as a security in which an investment is a designated investment for the purposes of a Part of Schedule 2.
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 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
 
 
 
SECURITY
 
 
ISSUING AUTHORITY

Government Bonds of Victoria
 
Treasury Corporation of Victoria

New South Wales Treasury Bonds
 
New South Wales Treasury Corporation

Queensland Bonds
 
Queensland Treasury Corporation

Queensland Industry Bonds
Queensland Industry Development Corporation before 1 December 1996

TASCORP Inscribed Stock
 
Tasmanian Public Finance Corporation

Territory Bonds
 
Northern Territory Treasury Corporation

Western Australian State Bonds
 
Western Australian Treasury Corporation

South Australian Government Financing Authority Bonds
 
South Australian Government Financing Authority