Migration Act 1958 - Determination of Eligible Passports - IMMI 13/139

I, WENDY SOUTHERN, Acting Secretary of the Department of Immigration and Border Protection, acting under section 175A of the Migration Act 1958 (the ‘Act’):

1. REVOKE Instrument number IMMI 13/058 signed on 20 May 2013 determining eligible passports for the purposes of section 175A; AND

2. DETERMINE that for the purposes of section 165 of the Act, the following kinds of passports are ‘eligible passports’:

(a) Australian ePassports; and

(b) New Zealand ePassports; and

(c) Swiss ePassports; and

(d) United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ePassports; and

(e) United States of America ePassports

This Instrument, IMMI 13/139, will commence on 11 November 2013.

Dated   6 November 2013

Wendy Southern

Acting Secretary of the Department of Immigration and Border Protection