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Immigration Act 2009

Repeals, transitional provisions, saving provisions, and related matters - Transitional and savings provisions - Miscellaneous provisions

460: Special directions

You could also call this:

“Rules about immigration instructions from before 2009 that are still valid”

You need to know about special directions in the Immigration Act 2009. These are important instructions related to immigration.

If there was a special direction made under section 130 of the old immigration law, and it was still working when section 404 of the new law started, it keeps working. It stays in force, but might need some small changes to fit with the new law.

If you have one of these old special directions that’s still working, you can change it or cancel it. To do this, you need to use a new special direction. You make this new special direction using section 378 of the Immigration Act 2009.

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Part 12 Repeals, transitional provisions, saving provisions, and related matters
Transitional and savings provisions: Miscellaneous provisions

460Special directions

  1. A special direction made in accordance with section 130 of the former Act and in force immediately before the commencement of section 404 of this Act remains in force on and from the date of that commencement according to its tenor and with any necessary modifications.

  2. A special direction saved by subsection (1) may be revoked or amended by further special direction given under section 378 of this Act.