DESIGNATED APEC ECONOMIES

(REGULATION 1.03 DEFINITION OF “DESIGNATED APEC ECONOMY”)

I, CHRIS EVANS, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, acting under regulation 1.03 of the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations’), definition of “designated APEC economy”:

1. REVOKE Instrument number IMMI 05/047, signed on 26 July 2005, specifying designated APEC economies for the purposes of the definition of “designated APEC economy” in regulation 1.03 of the Regulations; AND

2. SPECIFY each APEC economy set out in the Schedule to this notice as a designated APEC economy for the purposes of the definition of “designated APEC economy” in regulation 1.03 of the Regulations.

This Instrument, IMMI 08/096, commences on 15 February 2009.

Dated        2 February 2009

CHRIS EVANS

Minister for Immigration and Citizenship

[NOTE 1 The definition of “designated APEC economy” in regulation 1.03 of the Regulations provides that a designated APEC economy means an APEC economy specified by Gazette Notice for the purposes of the definition.

NOTE 2 “APEC economy” is defined in Regulation 1.03 of the Regulations.]

SCHEDULE

Designated APEC Economy

Brunei Darussalam

Canada

Chile

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China

Republic of Indonesia

Japan

The Republic of Korea

Malaysia

Mexico

Papua New Guinea

People’s Republic of China

Peru

The Republic of the Philippines

Singapore

Taiwan/Chinese Taipei

Thailand

The United States of America

The Socialist Republic of Vietnam