Commonwealth of Australia
 
Migration Regulations 1994
 
SPECIFICATION OF TELEPHONE NUMBER AND TIMES FOR ORAL APPLICATIONS FOR A RESIDENT RETURN VISA
(SUBREGULATION 2.09(3))
 
I, CHRIS BOWEN, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, acting under subregulation 2.09(3) of the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations’):
 
1.         SPECIFY for the purposes of subregulation 2.09(3)(a) of Part 2, Division 2.2 to the Regulations the following telephone number:
 
131 881.
 
3.         SPECIFY for the purposes of subregulation 2.09(3)(b) of Part 2, Division 2.2 to the Regulations the following times:
 
8:30am to 4:30pm Monday to Friday.
 
This Instrument, number IMMI 11/018, commences on 2 April 2011.
 
 
Dated 17 March 2011
 
 
 
 
CHRIS BOWEN
Minister for Immigration and Citizenship
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
[NOTE 1:                Subregulation 2.09(3) provides that an oral application for a Return (Residence) (Class BB) visa         may be made using a specified telephone number and during times specified by the Minister
NOTE 2:.                                Section 37 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 provides that where in an Act any reference to time       occurs, such time shall, unless it is otherwise specifically stated, be deemed in each State or part     of the Commonwealth to mean the standard or legal time in that State or part of the           Commonwealth. This definition is adopted in accordance with Paragraph 13(1)(a) of the      Legislative Instruments Act 2003 which provides that the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 applies to                 any legislative instrument so made as if it were an Act and as if each provision of the legislative          instrument were a section of an Act.]