{"id":"F2006L04047","name":"Migration Regulations 1994 - Specification of Regional Certifying Bodies and Post Codes Defining Regional Australia for Certain Visas - IMMI 06/086","slug":"f2006l04047","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":324882,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2006L04047-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"Migration Regulations 1994","sectionType":"subdivision","heading":"Migration Regulations 1994","content":"#### Migration Regulations 1994\n\nREGIONAL CERTIFYING BODIES AND POST CODES DEFINING REGIONAL AUSTRALIA FOR CERTAIN VISAS\n\n(REGULATIONS 5.19(4)(e) and (5), 1.20GA(1)(e), 2.43(1)(la) and 471.229G)\n\nI, AMANDA VANSTONE, Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, acting under regulation 1.17, subregulation 5.19(5), paragraphs 5.19(4)(e), 1.20GA(1)(e) and 2.43(1)(la) of the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations’), and clause 471.229G of Schedule 2 to the Regulations:\n\n1.  REVOKE Instrument Number IMMI 06/010, signed on 28 February 2006, specifying bodies for the purposes of paragraphs 5.19(4)(e) and 1.20GA(1)(e) of the Regulations and approving those bodies for the purposes of clause 471.229G of Schedule 2, specifying a part of Australia for the purposes of subregulation 5.19(5), and specifying an area for the purposes of paragraph 2.43(1)(la) of the Regulations;\n\n2. SPECIFY each of the bodies listed in Schedule A to this Instrument as bodies for the purposes of paragraphs 5.19(4)(e) and 1.20GA(1)(e) of the Regulations;\n\n3. APPROVE each of the bodies listed in Schedule A to this Instrument as bodies for the purposes of clause 471.229G of Schedule 2 to the Regulations;\n\n4. SPECIFY the part of Australia, all the postcodes of which are listed in Schedule B to this Instrument, as the part of Australia for the purposes of subregulation 5.19(5) of the Regulations; and\n\n5. SPECIFY the area of Australia, all the postcodes of which are NOT listed in Schedule B to this Instrument, as the area of Australia for the purposes of paragraph 2.43(1)(la) of the Regulations.\n\nThis Instrument, IMMI 06/086, commences on the day of registration on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.\n\nDated 15 December 2006\n\nAMANDA VANSTONE\n\nMinister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1878},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument maintains its original scope as a machinery provision updating administrative lists. It performs the same function as the revoked instrument (IMMI 06/010) - specifying bodies and defining regional areas by postcodes - without expanding into new policy areas or regulatory functions."},"complexity_factors":["Cross-references to multiple regulations (5.19, 1.20GA, 2.43, 471.229G) without providing the text of those provisions","Relies on external Schedules (A and B) not included in the instrument text","Creates a dual definition where 'regional' is defined by inclusion (Schedule B) while 'non-regional' is defined by exclusion (everything else)","Mixture of specification, approval, and revocation in a single instrument","Technical migration law context requiring understanding of Regional Certifying Body functions"],"plain_english_summary":"This ministerial order replaces the 2006 specification to update which organizations may act as Regional Certifying Bodies and which postcodes count as \"regional Australia\" for certain employer‑sponsored visas. It lists the appointed certifiers and the postcodes treated as regional; areas not listed are non‑regional.\n\nIt affects employers seeking to sponsor overseas workers, migrants applying for regional-certified visas, and the named certifying organizations because it determines who can approve regional hires and where those rules apply."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/f2006l04047","history":"/api/acts/f2006l04047/history","analysis":"/api/acts/f2006l04047/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/f2006l04047/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/f2006l04047/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/f2006l04047/documents"}}