Immigration (Visa, Entry Permission, and Related Matters) Amendment Regulations 2024
2024/146
Immigration (Visa, Entry Permission, and Related Matters) Amendment Regulations 2024
Rt Hon Dame Helen Winkelmann, Administrator of the Government
Order in Council
At Wellington this 29th day of July 2024
Present:
Her Excellency the Administrator of the Government in Council
These regulations are made under section 400 of the Immigration Act 2009—
(a)
on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council; and
(b)
on the recommendation of the Minister of Immigration made under section 403A(1) of that Act.
Regulations
1 Title
These regulations are the Immigration (Visa, Entry Permission, and Related Matters) Amendment Regulations 2024.
2 Commencement
These regulations come into force on 4 September 2024.
3 Principal regulations
These regulations amend the Immigration (Visa, Entry Permission, and Related Matters) Regulations 2010.
4 Schedule 1 amended
In Schedule 1, after item 12(g), insert:
(ga)
Fiji
Rachel Hayward,
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, which come into force on 4 September 2024, amend the Immigration (Visa, Entry Permission, and Related Matters) Regulations 2010 (the principal regulations).
These regulations amend Schedule 1 of the principal regulations to add Fijian citizens to the list of people to whom a waiver of the requirement for transit visas applies. The effect of this amendment is that Fijian citizens are not required to hold a transit visa before travelling to and being in New Zealand as transit passengers.
Date of notification in Gazette: 1 August 2024.
These regulations are administered by the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment.