Immigration Amendment Regulations 2004
Immigration Amendment Regulations 2004: revoked; at 2 am on 29 November 2010, pursuant to section 405(b) of the Immigration Act 2009 (2009 No 51).
Reprint
as at 29 November 2010
Immigration Amendment Regulations 2004
(SR 2004/156)
Immigration Amendment Regulations 2004: revoked, at 2 am on 29 November 2010, pursuant to section 405(b) of the Immigration Act 2009 (2009 No 51).
Note
Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this eprint.
A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this eprint, together with other explanatory material about this eprint.
These regulations are administered in the Department of Labour.
Pursuant to section 150 of the Immigration Act 1987, Her Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, makes the following regulations.
Contents
3 Applications made otherwise than on approved form
4 Application for temporary visa
5 Application for limited purpose visa
6 Application for temporary permit by exempt person, or person whose residence permit has been revoked, or person already holding temporary permit
7 Application for limited purpose permit by person already holding limited purpose permit
Schedule
New Part 2 substituted in Schedule 3 of principal regulations
1 Title
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(1) These regulations are the Immigration Amendment Regulations 2004.
(2) In these regulations, the Immigration Regulations 19991 are called
“the principal regulations”
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2 Commencement
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(1) Regulation 8 and the Schedule come into force on 1 July 2004.
(2) The rest of these regulations come into force on 28 June 2004.
3 Applications made otherwise than on approved form
Regulation 3A(2) of the principal regulations is amended by inserting, after paragraph (e), the following paragraph:
“(ea) in the case of an application for a temporary or limited purpose visa or permit, such information and evidence as is required by a visa officer or immigration officer to be tendered with the application in order to determine whether the relevant visa or permit should be issued or granted:”.
4 Application for temporary visa
Regulation 6(1) of the principal regulations is amended by inserting, after paragraph (b), the following paragraph:
“(ba) such information and evidence as is required by the approved application form to be tendered in order to demonstrate that the applicant fits the category or categories of Government immigration policy under which the application is being put forward; and”.
5 Application for limited purpose visa
Regulation 7(1) of the principal regulations is amended by inserting, after paragraph (b), the following paragraph:
“(ba) such information and evidence as is required by the approved application form to be tendered in order to demonstrate that the applicant fits the category or categories of Government immigration policy under which the application is being put forward; and”.
6 Application for temporary permit by exempt person, or person whose residence permit has been revoked, or person already holding temporary permit
Regulation 13(1) of the principal regulations is amended by inserting, after paragraph (a), the following paragraph:
“(aa) such information and evidence as is required by the approved application form to be tendered in order to demonstrate that the applicant fits the category or categories of Government immigration policy under which the application is being put forward; and”.
7 Application for limited purpose permit by person already holding limited purpose permit
Regulation 15(1) of the principal regulations is amended by inserting, after paragraph (a), the following paragraph:
“(aa) such information and evidence as is required by the approved application form to be tendered in order to demonstrate that the applicant fits the category or categories of Government immigration policy under which the application is being put forward; and”.
8 Migrant levy
Schedule 3 of the principal regulations is amended by revoking Part 2, and substituting the Part 2 set out in the Schedule of these regulations.
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“Migrant levyr.45
Category within Government residence policy or other policy under which visa or permit issued or granted Migrant levy per person ($) Maximum total levy for persons in single or associated applications ($) Business investor policy 300 1,200 Entrepreneur category 300 1,200 Employees of relocating business category 300 1,200 Skilled migrant category or general skills category 300 1,200 Residence from work category 300 1,200 Family category (excluding Samoan citizens and refugee-associated persons specified in regulation 45A) 300 1,200 Pacific access category 150 600 Family quota category (excluding Samoan citizens and refugee-associated persons specified in regulation 45A) 300 1,200
Diane Morcom,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
Explanatory note
This note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general effect.
These regulations amend the Immigration Regulations 1999 to—
•require, from 28 June 2004, applicants for temporary or limited purpose visas or permits to submit all information and documents required to assess their application at the time the application is lodged:
•increase, with effect on 1 July 2004, the migrant levy to $300 per person (up to a maximum $1,200 for all persons included in a single application or associated applications) in all categories except the Pacific access category, where the levy is increased to $150 per person (with a maximum of $600 for all persons included in a single application or associated applications). The existing exemptions from the levy (for Samoan citizens or refugee-associated persons who would otherwise ordinarily be required to pay the levy) remain.
Date of notification in Gazette: 3 June 2004.
Contents
1General
2About this eprint
3List of amendments incorporated in this eprint (most recent first)
Notes
1 General
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This is an eprint of the Immigration Amendment Regulations 2004. The eprint incorporates all the amendments to the regulations as at 29 November 2010. The list of amendments at the end of these notes specifies all the amendments incorporated into this eprint since 3 September 2007.
Relevant provisions of any amending enactments that contain transitional, savings, or application provisions that cannot be compiled in the eprint are also included, after the principal enactment, in chronological order.
2 About this eprint
This eprint has not been officialised. For more information about eprints and officialisation, please see http://www.pco.parliament.govt.nz/eprints/
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3 List of amendments incorporated in this eprint (most recent first)
Immigration Act 2009 (2009 No 51): section 405(b)
1 SR 1999/284