{"id":"F2018L01479","name":"Migration (LIN 18/183: Determination of International Trade Obligations relating to Labour Market Testing) Instrument 2018","slug":"migration-lin-18-183-determination-of-international-trade-obligations-relating-to-labour-market-test","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":439810,"registerId":"F2018L01479-fast-fetch-1775955689038","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Migration (LIN 18/183: Determination of International Trade Obligations relating to Labour Market Testing) 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![](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nMigration (LIN 18/183: Determination of International Trade Obligations Relating to Labour Market Testing) Instrument 2018\n\nI, DAVID COLEMAN, Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs, make the following instrument.\n\nDated  25/10/18\n\n \n\n \n\nDavid Coleman\n\nTHE HON DAVID COLEMAN MP\n\nMinister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs\n\n \n\nContents\n\n \n\nPart 1 – Preliminary\n\n1  Name\n\n2  Commencement\n\n3  Authority\n\n4  Definitions\n\n5  Schedules\n\nPart 2 – Determination of international trade obligations relating to labour market testing\n\n6  International trade obligations\n\nSchedule 1 – Repeals\n\nMigration (IMMI 17/109: Determination of International Trade Obligations relating to Labour Market Testing) Instrument 2017 (F2017L01533)\n\n \n\n \n\nPart 1 – Preliminary\n\n1  Name\n\n(1) This instrument is the Migration (LIN 18/183: Determination of International Trade Obligations relating to Labour Market Testing) Instrument 2018.\n\n(2)  This instrument may be cited as LIN 18/183.\n\n2  Commencement\n\nThis instrument commences immediately following the commencement of Schedule 1 to the Customs Amendment (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership Implementation) Act 2018.\n\n3  Authority\n\nThis instrument is made under subsection 140GBA(2) of the Act.\n\n4  Definitions\n\nIn this instrument:\n\nAct means Migration Act 1958.\n\nASEAN means Association of Southeast Asian Nations.\n\nlabour market testing is defined in subsection 140GBA(7) of the Act.\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 – Determination of international trade obligations relating to labour market testing\n\n6  International trade obligations\n\nFor the purposes of paragraph 140GBA(1)(c) of the Act, each obligation of Australia under international law, that relates to international trade, under the following agreements is determined as an international trade obligation of Australia:\n\n1.               Agreement Establishing the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area;\n2.               Australia-Chile Free Trade Agreement;\n3.               China-Australia Free Trade Agreement;\n4.               Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership;\n5.               General Agreement on Trade in Services at Annex 1B to the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization;\n6.                Japan-Australia Economic Partnership Agreement;\n7.               Korea-Australia Free Trade Agreement;\n8.               Malaysia-Australia Free Trade Agreement;\n9.                Protocol on Trade in Services to the Australia-New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trade Agreement;\n10.                Singapore-Australia Free Trade Agreement;\n11.               Thailand-Australia Free Trade Agreement.\n\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n\nSchedule 1 – Repeals\n\nMigration (IMMI 17/109: Determination of International Trade Obligations relating to Labour Market Testing) Instrument 2017 (F2017L01533)\n\nThe whole of the instrument\n\nRepeal the instrument.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"This instrument repeals the 2017 determination (IMMI 17/109) and replaces it with an updated list that adds the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). The list of relevant international trade obligations is expanded."},"complexity_factors":["Instrument is a simple listing of international agreements and a repeal of a previous instrument.","Relies on defined terms in the Migration Act 1958, but the determination itself is straightforward."],"plain_english_summary":"This legislative instrument, made under the Migration Act, names which international trade agreements count as Australia’s international trade obligations for labour market testing purposes. It replaces the 2017 determination and adds the CPTPP to the list.\n\nEmployers and migration agents sponsoring overseas workers from listed-agreement countries should note it can affect whether labour market testing is required or how it’s done — though the instrument itself only identifies obligations; any exemption depends on other visa rules."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/migration-lin-18-183-determination-of-international-trade-obligations-relating-to-labour-market-test","history":"/api/acts/migration-lin-18-183-determination-of-international-trade-obligations-relating-to-labour-market-test/history","analysis":"/api/acts/migration-lin-18-183-determination-of-international-trade-obligations-relating-to-labour-market-test/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/migration-lin-18-183-determination-of-international-trade-obligations-relating-to-labour-market-test/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/migration-lin-18-183-determination-of-international-trade-obligations-relating-to-labour-market-test/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/migration-lin-18-183-determination-of-international-trade-obligations-relating-to-labour-market-test/documents"}}