Australian Immigration Daily News

The instrument revokes IMMI 18/118 (F2018L00806) in accordance with subsection 33(3) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901, which states that where an Act confers a power to make, grant or issue any instrument of a legislative or administrative character, the power shall be construed as including a power exercisable in the like manner and subject to the like conditions (if any) to repeal, rescind, revoke, amend, or vary any such instrument.

The instrument operates for the Minister to:

a. specify the approved forms, place and manner for making a valid visa application for a Visitor (Class FA) visa; and
b. specify for the Approved Destination Status stream in the Visitor (Class FA) visa, which includes the Subclass 600 (Visitor) visa, the travel agents that may organise a tour of which an applicant must be intending to travel to Australia as a member of that tour.

The instrument removes three travel agents that were listed in the previous instrument to organise a tour in relation to the Approved Destination Status stream. The instrument also specifies an additional travel agent who was not listed in the previous instrument.

Consultation was undertaken with Austrade, DFAT and relevant parties within the travel industry in the PRC.

Source: LIN19199-Visitor-FA.pdf and  LIN19199-Explanatory-Statement.pdf