{"id":"F2006L01847","name":"Immigration (Education) Act 1971 - Specification under subparagraphs 4(b)(ii) and 4(c)(ii) - English Courses and Citizenship Courses for holders of certain Temporary Visas - June 2006","slug":"f2006l01847","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":363059,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2006L01847-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-09","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"Commonwealth of Australia","sectionType":"division","heading":"Commonwealth of Australia","content":"### Commonwealth of Australia","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"Immigration (Education) Act 1971","sectionType":"subdivision","heading":"Immigration (Education) Act 1971","content":"#### Immigration (Education) Act 1971\n\nENGLISH COURSES AND CITIZENSHIP COURSES HELD FOR HOLDERS OF CERTAIN TEMPORARY VISAS\n\n(SECTIONS 4(b)(ii) AND 4(c)(ii))\n\nI, ANDREW ROBB, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, acting under subparagraphs 4(b)(ii) and 4(c)(ii) of the Immigration (Education) Act 1971 (‘the Act’):\n\n1. REVOKE the Instrument signed 5 August 2004 that specifies temporary visas for the purposes of subparagraphs 4(b)(ii) and 4(c)(ii) of the Act; AND\n\n2. SPECIFY, for the purposes of subparagraphs 4(b)(ii) and 4(c)(ii) of the Act, the following classes of temporary visas:\n\n(a) Business Skills (Provisional) (Class UR);\n\n(b) Interdependency (Provisional) (Class UG);\n\n(c) Partner (Provisional) (Class UF);\n\n(d) Partner (Temporary) (Class UK);\n\n(e) Resolution of Status (Temporary) (Class UH);\n\n(f) Skilled Designated Area Sponsored (Provisional) (Class UZ);\n\n(g) Skilled Independent Regional (Provisional) (Class UX);\n\nThis Instrument has effect from 1 July 2006.\n\nDated 30 June 2006\n\nANDREW ROBB\n\nParliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs\n\nNOTE 1: Subparagraph 4(b)(ii) of the Act provides the Minister may arrange for English courses and citizenship courses to be provided in Australia for persons who hold a temporary visa of a class specified by the Minister by notice published in the Gazette.\n\nNOTE 2: Subparagraph 4(c)(ii) of the Act provides the Minister may arrange for English courses and citizenship courses to be provided in the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands or in the Territory of Christmas Island for persons in the Territory concerned who hold a temporary visa of a class specified by the Minister by notice published in the Gazette.\\]","sortOrder":1}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2646},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument exercises the existing discretionary power under the Immigration (Education) Act 1971 for the Minister to specify eligible visa classes by Gazette notice. It is a routine administrative update replacing an expired specification, operating strictly within the original legislative framework without expanding the Act's substantive scope or purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Dependent on external references to the Immigration (Education) Act 1971 (subparagraphs 4(b)(ii) and 4(c)(ii))","Uses technical visa classification codes (e.g., Class UR, UG, UF) requiring specialist immigration knowledge to interpret","Contains temporal dependency through revocation of a 2004 instrument","Operates across two distinct geographical jurisdictions (mainland Australia and the Indian Ocean Territories)"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument replaces the 2004 eligibility list and, from 1 July 2006, lets certain temporary visa holders access government-funded English language and citizenship courses.  \n\nIt targets provisional visas that are pathways to permanent residency (partner/interdependency, skilled regional, business skills and resolution-of-status holders) and applies across mainland Australia and the Indian Ocean Territories, enabling earlier integration before permanent visas are granted."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/f2006l01847","history":"/api/acts/f2006l01847/history","analysis":"/api/acts/f2006l01847/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/f2006l01847/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/f2006l01847/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/f2006l01847/documents"}}