Legal references

Some policy in this Manual summarises sections of the Immigration Act 1987, the Immigration Regulations 1991, and other statutes and international agreements. Where this occurs, references to the specific Act or Regulation are noted in italics immediately after the section or subsection heading.

These are intended as a guide to the legal provisions relevant to the particular policy provision that they precede, and are not necessarily comprehensive.

The summarised legal provisions are declaratory only. This means that if the interpretation of the summarised legal provisions conflicts with the interpretation of the legislation itself, then the interpretation of the legislation is decisive.

Also note that the legal provisions do not in themselves constitute Government immigration policy.