# Migration (Approved Activities) Instrument (LIN 20/053) 2020

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Migration (Approved Activities) Instrument (LIN 20/053) 2020
I, Michael Pezzullo, Secretary of the Department of Home Affairs, make the following instrument:
Dated 25 September 2020
Michael Pezzullo
Secretary of the Department of Home Affairs
1  Name
(1)           This instrument is the Migration (Approved Activities) Instrument (LIN 20/053) 2020.
(2)           This instrument may be cited as LIN 20/053.
2  Commencement
This instrument commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.
3  Authority
This instrument is made under paragraph 235(7)(a) and subsection 245AF(a) of the Migration Act 1958.
4  Definitions
Note 1: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in subsection 5(1) of the Act including detainee and immigration detention.
Note 2: For the purposes of Subdivision C of Division 12 of Part 2 of the Act, work is defined in subsection 245AG(1) of the Act.
In this instrument:
Act means the Migration Act 1958.
Regulations means the Migration Regulations 1994.
5  Repeal
In accordance with section 33(3) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901, Migration (IMMI 10/019: Approval of Activities) Instrument 2010 (F2010L01570) is repealed.

6  Approved activities
For the purpose of subsections 235(7)(a) and 245AF(a) of the Act, the following activities, when voluntarily engaged in by a detainee in immigration detention, are approved:
(a)           for personal purposes including but not limited to:
(i)     gardening;
(ii)     cleaning; or
(iii)     painting;
(b)           cooking and food preparation;
(c)           community activities for charitable and other non for profit organisations, which include fundraising activities that provide a benefit to the local community;
(d)           educational classes and activities;
(e)           computer activities;
(f)            arts or crafts;
(g)           excursions outside of the immigration detention centre;
(h)           religious services and cultural activities;
(i)            recreational activities including any of the following:
(i)            games;
(ii)            physical fitness activities;
(iii)            reading;
(iv)            music;
(v)            sport and sporting competitions; 
(vi)            television and movies.
Note: Paragraph 245AF(a) of the Act provides that no offence or civil penalty in relation to work by non-citizens under subdivision C of Division 12 of Part 2 of the Act is committed where a detainee in immigration detention voluntarily engages in an activity of a kind approved in writing by the Secretary.