{"id":"F2018L01758","name":"Migration (LIN 18/170: Professional Year Programs) Instrument 2018","slug":"migration-lin-18-170-professional-year-programs-instrument-2018","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":439871,"registerId":"F2018L01758-fast-fetch-1775955727787","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Migration (LIN 18/170: Professional Year Programs) Instrument 2018","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 \n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nMigration (LIN 18/170: Professional Year Programs) Instrument 2018\n\nI, David Coleman, Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs, make the following instrument.\n\nDated 6/12/18\n\nDavid Coleman\n\nThe Hon David Coleman MP\n\nMinister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs\n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\nPart 1 – Preliminary\n\n1  Name\n\n2  Commencement\n\n3  Authority\n\n4  Definitions\n\n5  Schedules\n\nPart 2 – Professional year\n\n6  Professional year programs\n\nSchedule 1—Repeals\n\nIMMI 12/029 - Professional Year Programs\n\n \n\n \n\nPart 1 – Preliminary \n\n1  Name\n\n1.            This instrument is the Migration (LIN 18/170: Professional Year Programs) Instrument 2018.\n2.            This instrument may be cited as LIN 18/170.\n\n\n2  Commencement\n\nThis instrument commences the day after registration on the Federal Register of Legislation.\n\n3  Authority\n\nThis instrument is made under the definition of professional year in subregulation 2.26AC(6) of the Regulations.\n\n4  Definitions\n\nIn this instrument:\n\nRegulations means the Migrations Regulations 1994.\n\n5  Schedules\n\nEach instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.\n\n\n\n\nPart 2 – Professional year\n\n6  Professional year programs\n\nFor the purposes of the definition of professional year in subregulation 2.26AC(6) of the Regulations, any of the following professional year programs are specified courses:\n\n1.       The Professional Year Program provided by the Australian Computer Society which is available to information technology graduates;\n2.       The Professional Year Program provided by Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, the Certified Practising Accountants Australia and the Institute of Public Accounting which is available to accounting graduates;\n3.       The Professional Year Program provided by Engineers Australia which is available to engineering graduates.\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nSchedule 1—Repeals\n\nIMMI 12/029 - Professional Year Programs\n\n1.                The whole of the instrument\n\n\nRepeal the instrument.\n\n \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"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"This instrument repeals the earlier instrument IMMI 12/029 and specifies three professional year programs (Part 2, s6; Schedule 1). The source text shows a procedural change (full repeal and restatement of specified programs) but does not show whether the substantive list of recognised programs differs from the repealed instrument."},"complexity_factors":["Very narrow, enumerative effect — lists three specified programs rather than creating broad rules (Part 2, s6).","Direct legal cross-reference to the Migration Regulations' definition of 'professional year' (s3 cites subreg 2.26AC(6)), creating dependence on external text for full effect.","Repeal of a prior instrument (Schedule 1) alters the statutory landscape but the instrument itself is simple and self-contained.","Commencement is automatic and timing-based (commences day after registration on FRL) which reduces administrative rollout complexity (s2).","No procedural criteria, standards, or discretionary administrative powers are set out here — the instrument is declaratory rather than regulatory, lowering internal procedural complexity (Part 2).","Affects multiple stakeholder types (graduates and named providers) but imposes minimal new compliance requirements in the instrument itself."],"plain_english_summary":"**What this instrument does:** It specifies which professional year courses count as a 'professional year' under the Migration Regulations. The instrument names three provider-run programs for IT, accounting and engineering graduates and repeals an earlier instrument. \n\nWho it affects and why it matters: Graduates who rely on a recognised professional year for migration purposes, and the named course providers, because completion of these listed programs is treated as satisfying the Regulations' 'professional year' requirement."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument maintains the same narrow, specific purpose as its predecessor: listing approved professional year programs for migration purposes. The 2018 version simply updates the legislative reference (from the old IMMI 12/029 format to the new LIN format) and continues to specify the same three professional bodies and disciplines. No expansion of scope has occurred."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument (approximately 1.5 pages)","Only 4 defined terms, one of which is simply 'Regulations'","No nested exceptions or conditional logic","No cross-references beyond a single reference to the Migration Regulations 1994","Straightforward list structure in section 6 with three simple bullet points","Single repeal item in Schedule 1 with no operative complexity"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument names which formal \"professional year\" programs count for skilled migration — the workplace-plus-training courses that give international graduates extra points or satisfy visa requirements. It covers programs for IT, accounting and engineering graduates and affects international graduates, the professional bodies that run the courses, and employers who host participants.\n\nIt also repeals the 2012 instrument (IMMI 12/029) and replaces it with this 2018 list."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/migration-lin-18-170-professional-year-programs-instrument-2018","history":"/api/acts/migration-lin-18-170-professional-year-programs-instrument-2018/history","analysis":"/api/acts/migration-lin-18-170-professional-year-programs-instrument-2018/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/migration-lin-18-170-professional-year-programs-instrument-2018/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/migration-lin-18-170-professional-year-programs-instrument-2018/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/migration-lin-18-170-professional-year-programs-instrument-2018/documents"}}