Migration (Approved Activities) Instrument (LIN 24/054) 2024 (Cth)

Migration (Approved Activities) Instrument (LIN 24/054) 2024

I, Stephanie Foster PSM, Secretary of the Department of Home Affairs, make this instrument.

Dated 25 June 2024

Stephanie Foster PSM Secretary of the Department of Home Affairs

Contents 1 Name 2 Commencement 3 Authority 4 Definitions 5 Schedules 6 Approved activities Schedule 1—Repeals Migration (Approved Activities) Instrument (LIN 20/053) 2020

1 Name This instrument is the Migration (Approved Activities) Instrument (LIN 24/054) 2024.

2 Commencement This instrument commences on 1 July 2024.

3 Authority This instrument is made under paragraph 245AF(a) of the Migration Act 1958.

4 Definitions Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in subsection 5(1) of the Act, including the following: (a) detainee; (b) immigration detention. In this instrument: Act means the Migration Act 1958. Regulations means the Migration Regulations 1994.

5 Schedules Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

6 Approved activities (1) For the purposes of paragraph 245AF(a) of the Act, the following activities, when voluntarily engaged in by a detainee in immigration detention, are approved: (a) for personal purposes—activities including but not limited to: (i) gardening; (ii) cleaning; or (iii) painting; (b) cooking and food preparation; (c) community activities for charitable and other not-for-profit organisations, including fundraising activities that provide a benefit to the local community; (d) educational classes and activities; (e) computer activities; (f) arts or crafts activities; (g) excursions outside of the immigration detention centre; (h) religious services and cultural activities; (i) recreational activities including any of the following: (i) games; (ii) physical fitness activities; (iii) reading; (iv) music; (v) sport and sporting competitions; (vi) television and movies. Note: Paragraph 245AF(a) of the Act provides that Subdivision C of Division 12 of Part 2 of the Act does not apply where a detainee in immigration detention voluntarily engages in an activity of a kind approved in writing by the Secretary.