Commonwealth of Australia

Migration Regulations 1994

SPECIFICATION OF TELEPHONE NUMBER AND TIMES FOR ORAL APPLICATIONS FOR A RESIDENT RETURN VISA

(SUBREGULATION 2.09(3))

I, CHRIS BOWEN, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, acting under subregulation 2.09(3) of the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations’):

1. SPECIFY for the purposes of subregulation 2.09(3)(a) of Part 2, Division 2.2 to the Regulations the following telephone number:

131 881.

3. SPECIFY for the purposes of subregulation 2.09(3)(b) of Part 2, Division 2.2 to the Regulations the following times:

8:30am to 4:30pm Monday to Friday.

This Instrument, number IMMI 11/018, commences on 2 April 2011.

Dated 17 March 2011

CHRIS BOWEN

Minister for Immigration and Citizenship

[NOTE 1: Subregulation 2.09(3) provides that an oral application for a Return (Residence) (Class BB) visa               may be made using a specified telephone number and during times specified by the Minister

NOTE 2:.  Section 37 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 provides that where in an Act any reference to time               occurs, such time shall, unless it is otherwise specifically stated, be deemed in each State or part                of the Commonwealth to mean the standard or legal time in that State or part of the               Commonwealth. This definition is adopted in accordance with Paragraph 13(1)(a) of the               Legislative Instruments Act 2003 which provides that the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 applies to               any legislative instrument so made as if it were an Act and as if each provision of the legislative               instrument were a section of an Act.]