{"id":"F2009L04254","name":"Migration Regulations 1994 - Specification under regulations 846.111, 855.111, 856.111 and 857.111 - Health Waiver - Participating States and Territories - November 2009","slug":"f2009l04254","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":327398,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2009L04254-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Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"Commonwealth of Australia","sectionType":"part","heading":"Commonwealth of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 09/102 signed on 3 August 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, Tasmania and South Australia.\n\nThis Instrument, IMMI 09/131, commences on the day after registration on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.\n\nDated 11 November 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":2032},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument performs exactly the function authorized by the parent regulations: specifying which states/territories are participating for health waiver purposes. It is an administrative update within delegated authority, not an expansion of scope."},"complexity_factors":["Cross-references to four separate regulation clauses (846.111, 855.111, 856.111, 857.111)","Applies to four distinct visa subclasses with different sponsorship pathways","Operates within the complex framework of Migration Act health requirements and waiver provisions","Revocation of prior instrument (IMMI 09/102) creates legislative history dependency"],"plain_english_summary":"This ministerial update revises which Australian states and territories will accept financial responsibility for health care costs so certain permanent employer‑sponsored visa applicants (subclasses 846, 855, 856, 857) with otherwise disqualifying medical conditions can receive a health waiver.  \n\nIt adds ACT, Victoria, WA, Northern Territory, Queensland, Tasmania and South Australia as participating jurisdictions; New South Wales is not included, so NSW‑sponsored applicants remain unable to access this waiver."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/f2009l04254","history":"/api/acts/f2009l04254/history","analysis":"/api/acts/f2009l04254/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/f2009l04254/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/f2009l04254/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/f2009l04254/documents"}}