{"id":"F2009L03162","name":"Migration Regulations 1994 - Specification under regulations 846.111, 855.111, 856.111 and 857.111 - Health Waiver - Participating States and Territories - August 2009","slug":"f2009l03162","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":327292,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2009L03162-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"Commonwealth of Australia","sectionType":"part","heading":"Commonwealth of Australia","content":"# Commonwealth of Australia","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"Migration Regulations 1994","sectionType":"part","heading":"Migration Regulations 1994","content":"# Migration Regulations 1994\n\nHEALTH WAIVER – PARTICIPATING STATES AND TERRITORIES\n\n(REGULATIONS 846.111, 855.111, 856.111, 857.111)\n\nI, CHRIS EVANS, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, acting under clauses 846.111, 855.111, 856.111 and 857.111 of Schedule 2 to the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations’):\n\n1.  REVOKE Instrument number IMMI 08/113 signed 22 March 2009 and IMMI 09/036 signed 16 April 2009 and IMMI 09/074 signed 23 June 2009; AND\n\n2. SPECIFY for the purposes of the definition of participating State or Territory in clauses 846.111, 855.111, 856.111 and 857.111 of Schedule 2 to the Regulations, applies to the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria, Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland and Tasmania.\n\nThis Instrument, IMMI 09/102, commences on 14 September 2009.\n\nDated 03 August 2009\n\nCHRIS EVANS\n\nMinister for Immigration and Citizenship\n\n\\[NOTE 1: Clauses 846.111, 855.111, 856.111 and 857.111 of Schedule 2 to the Regulations allow the Minister to specify in an instrument in writing a State or Territory that is a participating State or Territory for the purposes of those clauses.\n\nNOTE 2: This Instrument is made for the purposes of the following visa subclasses: subclass 846 (State/Territory Sponsored Regional Established Business in Australia), subclass 855 (Labour Agreement), subclass 856 (Employer Nomination Scheme) and subclass 857 (Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme).\\]","sortOrder":1}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2708},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument maintains the same scope as the revoked instruments, performing the routine administrative function of updating the list of participating jurisdictions without altering the underlying health waiver scheme or its application criteria."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short length with only two operative provisions (revocation and specification)","No defined terms, interpretation clauses, or conditional logic","Simple administrative list of six jurisdictions with no exceptions or nested provisions","Minimal cross-referencing limited to citation of enabling regulation numbers"],"plain_english_summary":"This Ministerial Instrument updates which Australian states and territories can support health-waivers for certain business and employer-sponsored visas, revoking three prior 2009 instruments and naming six participating jurisdictions (ACT, Victoria, WA, Northern Territory, Queensland, Tasmania). New South Wales and South Australia are not included.\n\nIt matters to applicants for specified business/employer visas with disqualifying health conditions: only sponsorship by a listed jurisdiction can enable a health waiver."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/f2009l03162","history":"/api/acts/f2009l03162/history","analysis":"/api/acts/f2009l03162/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/f2009l03162/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/f2009l03162/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/f2009l03162/documents"}}