IMMIGRATION (GUARDIANSHIP OF CHILDREN) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1986 NO. 159 

IMMIGRATION (GUARDIANSHIP OF CHILDREN) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1986 NO. 159 
- TABLE OF PROVISIONS

1. Commencement  
2. Definitions  
3.  
4. Effect of Child Welfare laws  
5. Offences  
6. Additional amendments  
SCHEDULE 


1986 No. 159 IMMIGRATION (GUARDIANSHIP OF CHILDREN) REGULATIONS  (AMENDMENT) -
REG 1
Commencement


  1. These Regulations shall come into operation on 1 July 1986.


1986 No. 159 IMMIGRATION (GUARDIANSHIP OF CHILDREN) REGULATIONS  (AMENDMENT) -
REG 2
Definitions


  2. Regulation 3 of the Immigration (Guardianship of Children) Regulations is
amended by omitting "1946-1952" from the definition of "the Act" and
substituting "1946".


1986 No. 159 IMMIGRATION (GUARDIANSHIP OF CHILDREN) REGULATIONS  (AMENDMENT) -
REG 3


  3. After regulation 3 of the Immigration (Guardianship of Children)
Regulations the following regulation is inserted:
Prescribed principles for the purposes of section 4AA of the Act
  "3AA. For the purposes of section 4AA of the Act the following principles
are prescribed as principles to be observed in considering whether or not to
give a direction under that section in relation to a person:
  (a)  a direction shall not be given under the section unless the
relationship between the person and the relative of the person referred to in
the section has broken down irretrievably;
  (b)  a direction shall not be given under the section unless the direction
is necessary to-
      (i) protect the person from risk of injury or danger of impairment of
health;
     (ii) protect the person from moral danger; or
     (iii) enable the person to have the benefit of adequate direction and
guidance;
  (c)  a direction shall not be given under the section for the principal
purpose of creating, or improving, eligibility of the person, or the relative
of the person referred to in the section, for financial assistance from the
Commonwealth, a State or the Northern Territory.".


1986 No. 159 IMMIGRATION (GUARDIANSHIP OF CHILDREN) REGULATIONS  (AMENDMENT) -
REG 4
Effect of Child Welfare laws


  4. Regulation 4 of the Immigration (Guardianship of Children) Regulations is
amended by omitting "six" and substituting "5".


1986 No. 159 IMMIGRATION (GUARDIANSHIP OF CHILDREN) REGULATIONS  (AMENDMENT) -
REG 5
Offences


  5. Regulation 12 of the Immigration (Guardianship of Children) Regulations
is amended by omitting "Twenty pounds" and substituting "$40".


1986 No. 159 IMMIGRATION (GUARDIANSHIP OF CHILDREN) REGULATIONS  (AMENDMENT) -
REG 6
Additional amendments


  6. The Immigration (Guardianship of Children) Regulations are amended as set
out in the Schedule.


1986 No. 159 IMMIGRATION (GUARDIANSHIP OF CHILDREN) REGULATIONS  (AMENDMENT) -
SCHEDULE


                                    SCHEDULE                        Regulation
6 
                             ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS
  The following provisions of the Immigration (Guardianship of Children)
Regulations are amended by omitting "an non-citizen" (wherever occurring)
and
substituting "a non-citizen":
  Regulations 5, 6A, 9, 10, 11 and 11A.
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- NOTES


1986 No. 159*1* IMMIGRATION (GUARDIANSHIP OF CHILDREN) REGULATIONS*2*
(AMENDMENT)



*1* Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 30 June 1986.
*2* Statutory Rules 1946 No. 195 as amended by 1952 No. 70; 1956 No. 117; 1963
No. 47; 1979 No. 288; 1984 No. 48.