IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA)

                                  )

VICTORIA DISTRICT REGISTRY        )        No. VG 388 of 1993

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GENERAL DIVISION                  )

B E T W E E N:

                        DAI XING YAO

                                                   Applicant

                           - and -

                THE MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION

                     AND ETHNIC AFFAIRS

                                            First Respondent

                            - and

                 THE REFUGEE REVIEW TRIBUNAL

                                           Second Respondent

COURT:    Black CJ, Davies J and Sundberg J

DATE:     18 September 1996

PLACE:    Melbourne

                         CORRIGENDA

PAGE 12 OF THE REASONS OF BLACK CJ AND SUNDBERG J

First paragraph, first sentence:

     "Section 39 of the 1992 Act, in the form it assumed as a result of the Migration Legislation Amendment Act 1994 [replacing "1984"] provides in part that:"

Daniel Star

Associate to the Chief Justice

23 January 1997