Migration Amendment (Prospective Marriage Visas) Regulations 2020
I, General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations.
Dated 10 December 2020
David Hurley
Governor‑General
By His Excellency’s Command
Alan Tudge
Minister for Population, Cities and Urban Infrastructure
for the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs
Contents
1............ Name............................................................................................................................. 1
2............ Commencement............................................................................................................. 1
3............ Authority....................................................................................................................... 1
4............ Schedules...................................................................................................................... 1
Schedule 1—Amendments 2
Migration Regulations 1994 2
1 Name
This instrument is the Migration Amendment (Prospective Marriage Visas) Regulations 2020.
2 Commencement
(1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
| Commencement information |
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
| Provisions | Commencement | Date/Details |
| 1. The whole of this instrument | 6 October 2020. | 6 October 2020 |
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.
3 Authority
This instrument is made under the Migration Act 1958.
4 Schedules
Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.
Schedule 1—Amendments
Migration Regulations 1994
1 After clause 300.511 of Schedule 2
Insert:
300.512
Despite clause 300.511, the visa is a temporary visa permitting the holder to travel to, enter and remain in Australia until 31 March 2022 if:
(a) the visa was in effect at any time during the period beginning on 6 October 2020 and ending on 10 December 2020; and
(b) the holder is outside Australia on 10 December 2020.