Commonwealth of Australia
 
Migration Act 1958
 
Migration Regulations 1994
 
TRANSIT PASSENGERS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR A SPECIAL PURPOSE VISA (REGULATION 2.40(1)(n))
 
I, CHRIS EVANS, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, acting under paragraph 2.40(l)(n) of the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations’);
 
1.      REVOKE the Instrument signed on 13 October 2005 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 09/064, commences on the day after registration on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments. 
 
 
Dated 4 February 2010
 
 
 
 
 
CHRIS EVANS
Minister for Immigration and Citizenship
 
 
 
[NOTE 1:        Regulation 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.]
SCHEDULE
(a)        Citizens of the following foreign countries:
Andorra
Italy
Republic of South Africa

Argentina
Japan
Republic of Marshall Islands

Austria
Kiribati
Samoa

Belgium
Latvia
San Marino

Brunei
Liechtenstein
Singapore

Canada
Lithuania
Slovakia

Cyprus
Luxembourg
Slovenia

Czech Republic
Malaysia
Solomon Islands

Denmark
Malta
South Korea

Estonia
Mexico
Spain

Federated States of Micronesia
Monaco
Sweden

Fiji
Nauru
Switzerland

Finland
Netherlands
Thailand

France
New Zealand
Tonga

Germany
Norway
Tuvalu

Greece
Palau
United Arab Emirates

Hungary
Papua New Guinea
United Kingdom (including its colonies)

Iceland
Philippines
United States of America

Indonesia
Poland
Vanuatu

Ireland
Portugal
Vatican

(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
Republic of Yemen

Algeria
Kuwait
Russian Federation

Angola
Lebanon
Saudi Arabia

Bahrain
Libya
Sierra Leone

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Madagascar
Somalia

Comoros
Mauritania
Sudan

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Morocco
Syria

Egypt
Oman
Tunisia

Iran
Pakistan
Zimbabwe

Iraq
Qatar