DESIGNATED SECURITIES

(SUB-REGULATION 2.26C(1))

I, KEVIN ANDREWS, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, acting under regulation 1.03 and sub-regulation 2.26C(1) of the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations’), hereby

(1) REVOKE the Instrument signed on 19 June 2001, which took effect on 29 June 2001, specifying designated securities for the purposes of sub-regulation 2.26C(1) of the Regulations; and

(2)               SPECIFY securities issued by the following State or Territory Government Authorities as a security in which an investment is a designated security for the purposes of the Regulations:

1.   New South Wales Treasury Corporation

2.   Queensland Treasury Corporation

3.   South Australian Government Financing Authority

4.   Northern Territory Treasury Corporation

This Instrument, IMMI 07/065, commences on 1 September 2007.

Date   28 August 2007

     KEVIN ANDREWS

 Minister for Immigration and Citizenship

[NOTE (1):  Regulation 1.03 provides that a designated security means an investment in a security specified under sub-regulation  2.26C(1).

NOTE (2): Sub-regulation 2.26C(1) provides that the Minister may specify, by notice in the Gazette, a security issued by an Australian State or Territory government authority as a security in which an investment is a designated security for the purposes of Part 8 of Schedule 6A.]