{"id":"F2024L00831","name":"Migration (Class of Persons for Nil VAC—Workplace Justice Visa) Instrument (LIN 24/056) 2024","slug":"migration-class-of-persons-for-nil-vac-workplace-justice-visa-instrument-lin-24-056-2024","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":442477,"registerId":"F2024L00831-fast-fetch-1775957467445","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Migration (Class of Persons for Nil VAC—Workplace Justice Visa) Instrument (LIN 24/056) 2024","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nMigration (Class of Persons for Nil VAC—Workplace Justice Visa) Instrument (LIN 24/056) 2024\n\nI, Patrick Bryson, delegate of the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs, make the following instrument.\n\nDated       28 June  2024\n\n \n\nPatrick Bryson\n\nA/g Assistant Secretary / Senior Executive Band 1\n\nSkilled Visas Branch\n\nImmigration Programs Division\n\nDepartment of Home Affairs\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\n1  Name\n\n2  Commencement\n\n3  Authority\n\n4  Definitions\n\n5  Class of persons\n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Migration (Class of Persons for Nil VAC—Workplace Justice Visa) Instrument (LIN 24/056) 2024.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n  This instrument commences on the later of:\n\n(a)    1 July 2024; and\n\n(b)    the day after registration.\n\n3  Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under subregulation 2.07(5) of the Migration Regulations for the purposes of subparagraph 1237(2)(a)(i) of Schedule 1 to those Regulations.\n\n4  Definitions\n\nNote: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in subsection 5(1) of the Migration Act 1958, including the following:\n\n(a) visa application charge.\n\n  In this instrument:\n\nMigration Regulations means the Migration Regulations 1994.\n\nVAC means visa application charge.\n\n5  Class of persons\n\n  For the purposes of subparagraph 1237(2)(a)(i) of Schedule 1 to the Migration Regulations, an applicant who is seeking to satisfy the criterion in clause 408.219A of Schedule 2 to the Migration Regulations on the basis of clause 408.228A (Workplace Justice) of that Schedule is specified.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument performs a narrow, technical function exactly as intended: specifying a class of persons for a fee waiver in the context of the Workplace Justice visa framework. It does not expand beyond its original purpose of operationalising the nil VAC policy announced in the broader visa reforms."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short length (5 sections, ~250 words)","Only 2 defined terms ('Migration Regulations' and 'VAC')","Single operative provision (section 5) with no conditional logic or exceptions","No cross-references beyond pointing to existing Migration Regulations provisions","Straightforward purposive structure: identifies the beneficiary class by reference to existing visa criteria"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument waives the visa application charge for people applying for the Workplace Justice visa (a subclass 408 stream), making the visa free for certain temporary visa holders whose workplace rights have been violated. It helps exploited workers stay in Australia to take part in investigations or legal action without facing a costly fee, lowering barriers to reporting wage theft, unsafe conditions, and other exploitation."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument does not amend the Migration Regulations or the statutory criteria; it only designates, for the purpose of subparagraph 1237(2)(a)(i), that applicants who seek to satisfy clause 408.219A by relying on clause 408.228A (Workplace Justice) are specified as a class for nil VAC (section 5). It therefore specifies application of an existing charging exemption rather than changing the substantive scope of the statutory criteria."},"complexity_factors":["Short, single-purpose instrument but effect depends on reading multiple external provisions (Migration Act, Migration Regulations, clause 408.219A and clause 408.228A) (section 5).","Uses delegated administrative power rather than primary legislation (authority stated in section 3), concentrating implementation discretion at departmental level.","Commencement is conditional (later of 1 July 2024 and day after registration), creating a timing dependency for application (section 2).","Minimal internal definitions; relies on statutory definitions elsewhere (section 4), requiring cross-referencing to interpret terms like VAC.","Operational effect (waiver of VAC for specified class) is simple, but practical application requires verifying that applicants satisfy the cited visa criterion (section 5)."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument declares that people applying for the Temporary Activity (subclass 408) visa who rely on the Workplace Justice clause to meet the relevant criterion are a class eligible for a nil visa application charge (VAC); in practice those applicants will not pay the VAC. The instrument is made by a departmental delegate under the Migration Regulations and takes effect on 1 July 2024 or the day after registration, and its effect depends on the cross‑referenced visa clauses it cites (see clause 5)."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/migration-class-of-persons-for-nil-vac-workplace-justice-visa-instrument-lin-24-056-2024","history":"/api/acts/migration-class-of-persons-for-nil-vac-workplace-justice-visa-instrument-lin-24-056-2024/history","analysis":"/api/acts/migration-class-of-persons-for-nil-vac-workplace-justice-visa-instrument-lin-24-056-2024/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/migration-class-of-persons-for-nil-vac-workplace-justice-visa-instrument-lin-24-056-2024/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/migration-class-of-persons-for-nil-vac-workplace-justice-visa-instrument-lin-24-056-2024/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/migration-class-of-persons-for-nil-vac-workplace-justice-visa-instrument-lin-24-056-2024/documents"}}