SPECIFICATION OF COUNTRIES

(PARAGRAPH 2.25A(1)(b))

I, CHRIS BOWEN, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, acting under paragraph 2.25A(1)(b) of the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations) hereby

1. REVOKE Instrument number IMMI 08/013 signed on 26 May 2008; and

2.                   SPECIFY the countries listed in the attached Schedule A for the purposes of regulation 2.25A(1)(b) of the Regulations.

This instrument, IMMI 11/072 commences on 5 November 2011.

Dated  31 October  2011

     Chris Bowen

 Minister for Immigration and Citizenship

[NOTE 1: Regulation 2.25A(1)(b) provides that in determining whether an applicant satisfies the criteria for the grant of a visa, the Minister must seek the opinion of a Medical Officer of the Commonwealth on whether a person meets certain requirements of Schedule 4 unless the application is for a permanent visa that is made from a country (whether Australia or a foreign country) that is a country specified by Gazette Notice for the purposes of this paragraph and there is no information known to Immigration (either through the application or otherwise) to the effect that the person may not meet any of those requirements.

NOTE 2: Regulation 1.03 provides that Hong Kong means Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China.]

SCHEDULE A