Commonwealth of Australia
 
Migration Regulations 1994
 
CLASS OF PERSONS
 
(SUBPARAGRAPH 1223A(2)(a)(ix))
 
I, CHRIS BOWEN, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, acting under subparagraph 1223A(2)(a)(ix) of Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations’):
 
1.                  REVOKE Instrument IMMI 12/112 signed on 2 October 2012, specifying a class of persons for the purposes of subparagraph 1223A(2)(a)(ix).
 
2.                  SPECIFY for the purposes of subparagraph 1223A(2)(a)(ix), each person applying for a subclass 456 (Business (Short Stay)) visa, the following classes of persons:
 
(a)                a person who holds a kind of passport specified in column 2 of the Schedule to this Instrument and satisfies the conditions in column 3 of the Schedule to this Instrument, for passports of that kind;
 
(b)               a person who is entered as an amateur participant in a sporting event; and
 
(c)                a person who is appointed or employed to assist an amateur participant who is entered in a sporting event or an amateur team that is entered in a sporting event.
 
 
This Instrument, IMMI 12/080, commences on 24 November 2012, immediately after the commencement of Migration Legislation Amendment Regulation 2012 (No. 4).
 
 
Dated 9 November 2012
 
 
CHRIS BOWEN
Minister for Immigration and Citizenship
 
[NOTE 1:     Subparagraph 1223A(2)(a)(ix) of Schedule 1 to the Regulations provides that an applicant who is in a class of persons specified by the Minister in an instrument in writing will have a nil visa application charge.
NOTE 2:       The Minister has also specified a class of persons in Instrument IMMI 12/074 (for the purposes of subparagraph 1223A(2)(a)(ix).]
 
SCHEDULE
Column 1
Item
Column 2
Kind of Passport
Column 3
Conditions

1
Austria
Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of Austria

2
Belgium
Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of Belgium

3
Bulgaria
Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of Bulgaria

4
Republic of Cyprus
Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of the Republic of Cyprus

5
Czech Republic
Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of the Czech Republic

6
Denmark
Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of Denmark

7
Estonia
Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of Estonia

8
Finland
Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of Finland

9
France
Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of France

10
Germany
Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of Germany

11
Greece
Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of Greece

12
Hungary
Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of Hungary

13
Republic of Ireland
Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of the Republic of Ireland

14
Italy
Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of Italy

15
Latvia
Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of Latvia

16
Lithuania
Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of Lithuania

17
Luxembourg
Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of Luxembourg

18
Malta
Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of Malta

19
The Netherlands
Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of The Netherlands

20
Poland
Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of Poland

21
Portugal
Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of Portugal

22
Romania
Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of Romania

23
Slovakia
Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of Slovakia

24
Slovenia
Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of Slovenia

25
Spain
Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of Spain

26
Sweden
Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of Sweden

27
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Passport must indicate that the applicant’s nationality is British Citizen