1    Name

1.            This instrument is the Migration (Fast Track Applicant Class – Temporary Protection and Safe Haven Enterprise Visas) Instrument 2019.
2.            This instrument may also be cited as LIN 19/007.

2    Commencement

This instrument commences on 2 April 2019.

3    Authority

This instrument is made under paragraph 5(1AA)(b) of the Migration Act 1958.

4    Purpose

(1)           This instrument is made for the purpose of paragraph (b) of the definition of fast track applicant in subsection 5(1) of the Act.

(2)           This instrument specifies a class of persons who are fast track applicants.

5    Definitions

A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including the following:

1.        child; and
2.        fast track applicant;
3.        finally determined;
4.        protection visa.

In this instrument:

Act means the Migration Act 1958

Regulations means the Migration Regulations 1994.

Part 2 – Fast track applicants

6         Person who is a fast track applicant

(1)  A person is a fast track applicant if:

(a) either:

(i)  the person holds a Subclass 785 (Temporary Protection) visa or a Subclass 790 (Safe Haven Enterprise) visa; or

(ii)  the last substantive visa held by the person was a Subclass 785 (Temporary Protection) visa or a Subclass 790 (Safe Haven Enterprise) visa; and

(b) the person makes an application, on or after 2 April 2019, for a protection visa.

(2) A person is a fast track applicant if the person makes, or is taken to have made, a valid application for a protection visa that is combined with the application mentioned in paragraph (1)(b).

(3) A person is a fast track applicant if the person:

(a) is the child of a person to whom subsection (1) applied; and

(b) is born after the protection visa application mentioned in paragraph (1)(b) has been finally determined; and

(c) makes an application in Australia for a protection visa.