Migration (Fast Track Applicant Class – Temporary Protection and Safe Haven Enterprise Visa Holders) Instrument 2019

I, David Coleman, Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs, make the following instrument.

Dated 26/3/19

David Coleman

The David Coleman MP

Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs

Contents

Part 1 – Preliminary........................................................................ 1

1                 Name..................................................................................................................................................... 1

2                 Commencement..................................................................................................................................... 1

3                 Authority............................................................................................................................................... 1

4                 Definitions............................................................................................................................................. 1

5                 Purpose.................................................................................................................................................. 1

Part 2 – Fast track applicants......................................................... 2

6                 Person who is a fast track applicant....................................................................................................... 2

Part 1 – Preliminary

1    Name

(1)          This instrument is the Migration (Fast Track Applicant Class – Temporary Protection and Safe Haven Enterprise Visas) Instrument 2019.

(2)          This instrument may also be cited as LIN 19/007.

2    Commencement

This instrument commences on 2 April 2019.

3    Authority

This instrument is made under paragraph 5(1AA)(b) of the Migration Act 1958.

4    Purpose

(1)          This instrument is made for the purpose of paragraph (b) of the definition of fast track applicant in subsection 5(1) of the Act.

(2)          This instrument specifies a class of persons who are fast track applicants.

5    Definitions

A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including the following:

(a)       child; and

(b)       fast track applicant;

(c)       finally determined;

(d)       protection visa.

In this instrument:

Act means the Migration Act 1958

Regulations means the Migration Regulations 1994.

Part 2 – Fast track applicants

6          Person who is a fast track applicant

(1)     A person is a fast track applicant if:

(a)     either:

(i)  the person holds a Subclass 785 (Temporary Protection) visa or a Subclass 790 (Safe Haven Enterprise) visa; or

(ii)  the last substantive visa held by the person was a Subclass 785 (Temporary Protection) visa or a Subclass 790 (Safe Haven Enterprise) visa; and

(b)     the person makes an application, on or after 2 April 2019, for a protection visa.

(2)     A person is a fast track applicant if the person makes, or is taken to have made, a valid application for a protection visa that is combined with the application mentioned in paragraph (1)(b).

(3)     A person is a fast track applicant if the person:

(a)     is the child of a person to whom subsection (1) applied; and

(b)     is born after the protection visa application mentioned in paragraph (1)(b) has been finally determined; and

(c)     makes an application in Australia for a protection visa.