1Name#
This instrument is the Migration Amendment (Referred Stay (Permanent) (Class DH) Visa) Regulations 2026.
2Commencement#
(1)Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
| Commencement information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
| Provisions | Commencement | Date/Details |
| 1. The whole of this instrument | The day after this instrument is registered. | 3 November 2026 |
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.
(2)Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.
4Schedules#
Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.
Schedule 1 · Amendments
Migration Regulations 1994#
1 Paragraph 2.07AK(3)(f)
Repeal the paragraph.
2 After clause 852.211 of Schedule 2
Insert:
852.212#
The Minister is satisfied that:
(a)the applicant would be in danger if the applicant returned to the applicant’s home country; and
(b)the danger would be a direct result of the applicant’s contribution to, and close cooperation with, the investigation mentioned in a certificate issued in relation to the applicant for the purposes of paragraph 2.07AK(3)(b).
3 Clause 852.223 of Schedule 2
Omit “paragraphs 2.07AK(3)(d), (e) and (f)”, substitute “paragraphs 2.07AK(3)(d) and (e) and clause 852.212”.
4 In the appropriate position in Schedule 13
Insert:
Part 168 · Amendments made by the Migration Amendment (Referred Stay (Permanent) (Class DH) Visa) Regulations 2026
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