{"id":"F2019L01399","name":"Migration (LIN 19/212: Specification of Exempt Occupations) Instrument 2019","slug":"migration-lin-19-212-specification-of-exempt-occupations-instrument-2019","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":100226,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2019L01399-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"Part 1","sectionType":"part","heading":"Preliminary","content":"## Part 1—Preliminary\n\n#### 1 Name\n\n (1) This instrument is the Migration (LIN 19/212: Specification of Exempt Occupations) Instrument 2019.\n (2) This instrument may be cited as LIN 19/212.\n\n#### 3 Authority\n\n This instrument is made under subregulations 2.72(13) and 2.72C(14) of the Regulations.\n\n#### 4 Definitions\n\n In this instrument:\n\n> ANZSCO means:\n\n (a) for paragraphs 6(1)(a), (b), (c) and (f) and a corresponding reference in subsection 6(3)—the Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, as in force on 23 November 2022;\n (b) for paragraphs 6(1)(d), (g) and (h) and a corresponding reference in subsection 6(3):\n (i) the Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, as in force on 27 June 2013, for an application for a Subclass 482 (Skills in Demand) visa associated with a nomination lodged before 7 December 2024;\n (ii) the Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, as in force on 23 November 2022, for all other applications;\n (c) for paragraph 6(1)(e) and a corresponding reference in subsection 6(3):\n (i) the Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, as in force on 27 June 2013, for a nomination relating to the Subclass 187 (Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme) visa in the Temporary Residence Transition stream;\n (ii) the Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, as in force on 23 November 2022, for a nomination relating to the Subclass 186 (Employer Nomination Scheme) visa in the Temporary Residence Transition stream;\n (d) for paragraph 6(1)(i) and a corresponding reference in subsection 6(3)—the Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, as in force on 27 June 2013;\n (e) for subsection 6(2) and a corresponding reference in subsection 6(3)—the Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, as in force on 27 June 2013.\n\n> nec is short for ‘not elsewhere classified’.\n\n> Regulations means the Migration Regulations 1994.\n\n \n\n## Part 2—Exempt occupations\n\n#### 6 Specified occupations\n\n (1) For the purposes of subregulation 2.72(13) of the Regulations, an occupation listed in column 1 of an item of the table in subsection (3) (for which an ANZSCO code is listed in column 2 of the item) is specified for the purposes of the following provisions of the Regulations:\n (a) paragraphs 2.72(11)(c) and 2.72(12)(c);\n (b) subregulation 2.73(13);\n (c) paragraphs 2.73(14)(c) and 2.73(14A)(c);\n (d) paragraph 2.86(2A)(b) and subregulation 2.86(2AA);\n (e) subregulation 5.19(7);\n (f) subclause 186.227(2) of Schedule 2 to the Regulations;\n (g) clauses 482.223 and 482.233 of Schedule 2 to the Regulations;\n (h) paragraph 8607(3)(a) of Schedule 8 to the Regulations;\n (i) paragraph 5.19(5A)(f).\n (2) For the purposes of subregulation 2.72C(14) of the Regulations, an occupation listed in column 1 of an item of the table in subsection (3) (for which an ANZSCO code is listed in column 2 of the item) is specified for the purposes of the following provisions of the Regulations:\n (a) paragraph 2.72C(13)(b);\n (b) subregulation 2.73B(11);\n (c) paragraphs 2.73B(12)(c), 2.86(2B)(b) and 2.86(2BA)(b);\n (d) clause 494.222 of Schedule 2;\n (e) paragraph 8608(3)(a) of Schedule 8.\n\n(3) For the purposes of subsections (1) and (2), the following is the table:\n\n```html\n

Specified occupations

Item

Column 1

Occupation

Column 2

ANZSCO Code

1

chief executive or managing director

111111

2

corporate general manager

111211

3

general practitioner

253111

4

resident medical officer

253112

5

anaesthetist

253211

6

specialist physician (general medicine)

253311

7

cardiologist

253312

8

clinical haematologist

253313

9

medical oncologist

253314

10

endocrinologist

253315

11

gastroenterologist

253316

12

intensive care specialist

253317

13

neurologist

253318

14

paediatrician

253321

15

renal medicine specialist

253322

16

rheumatologist

253323

17

thoracic medicine specialist

253324

18

specialist physician (nec)

253399

19

psychiatrist

253411

20

surgeon (general)

253511

21

cardiothoracic surgeon

253512

22

neurosurgeon

253513

23

orthopaedic surgeon

253514

24

otorhinolaryngologist

253515

25

paediatric surgeon

253516

26

plastic and reconstructive surgeon

253517

27

urologist

253518

28

vascular surgeon

253521

29

dermatologist

253911

30

emergency medicine specialist

253912

31

obstetrician and gynaecologist

253913

32

ophthalmologist

253914

33

pathologist

253915

34

diagnostic and interventional radiologist

253917

35

radiation oncologist

253918

36

medical practitioners (nec)

253999

\n```","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Name","content":"#### 1 Name\n\n (1) This instrument is the Migration (LIN 19/212: Specification of Exempt Occupations) Instrument 2019.\n (2) This instrument may be cited as LIN 19/212.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Authority","content":"#### 3 Authority\n\n This instrument is made under subregulations 2.72(13) and 2.72C(14) of the Regulations.","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"4","sectionType":"section","heading":"Definitions","content":"#### 4 Definitions\n\n In this instrument:\n\n> ANZSCO means:\n\n (a) for paragraphs 6(1)(a), (b), (c) and (f) and a corresponding reference in subsection 6(3)—the Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, as in force on 23 November 2022;\n (b) for paragraphs 6(1)(d), (g) and (h) and a corresponding reference in subsection 6(3):\n (i) the Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, as in force on 27 June 2013, for an application for a Subclass 482 (Skills in Demand) visa associated with a nomination lodged before 7 December 2024;\n (ii) the Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, as in force on 23 November 2022, for all other applications;\n (c) for paragraph 6(1)(e) and a corresponding reference in subsection 6(3):\n (i) the Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, as in force on 27 June 2013, for a nomination relating to the Subclass 187 (Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme) visa in the Temporary Residence Transition stream;\n (ii) the Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, as in force on 23 November 2022, for a nomination relating to the Subclass 186 (Employer Nomination Scheme) visa in the Temporary Residence Transition stream;\n (d) for paragraph 6(1)(i) and a corresponding reference in subsection 6(3)—the Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, as in force on 27 June 2013;\n (e) for subsection 6(2) and a corresponding reference in subsection 6(3)—the Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, as in force on 27 June 2013.\n\n> nec is short for ‘not elsewhere classified’.\n\n> Regulations means the Migration Regulations 1994.","sortOrder":3},{"sectionNumber":"Part 2","sectionType":"part","heading":"Exempt occupations","content":"## Part 1—Preliminary\n\n#### 1 Name\n\n (1) This instrument is the Migration (LIN 19/212: Specification of Exempt Occupations) Instrument 2019.\n (2) This instrument may be cited as LIN 19/212.\n\n#### 3 Authority\n\n This instrument is made under subregulations 2.72(13) and 2.72C(14) of the Regulations.\n\n#### 4 Definitions\n\n In this instrument:\n\n> ANZSCO means:\n\n (a) for paragraphs 6(1)(a), (b), (c) and (f) and a corresponding reference in subsection 6(3)—the Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, as in force on 23 November 2022;\n (b) for paragraphs 6(1)(d), (g) and (h) and a corresponding reference in subsection 6(3):\n (i) the Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, as in force on 27 June 2013, for an application for a Subclass 482 (Skills in Demand) visa associated with a nomination lodged before 7 December 2024;\n (ii) the Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, as in force on 23 November 2022, for all other applications;\n (c) for paragraph 6(1)(e) and a corresponding reference in subsection 6(3):\n (i) the Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, as in force on 27 June 2013, for a nomination relating to the Subclass 187 (Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme) visa in the Temporary Residence Transition stream;\n (ii) the Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, as in force on 23 November 2022, for a nomination relating to the Subclass 186 (Employer Nomination Scheme) visa in the Temporary Residence Transition stream;\n (d) for paragraph 6(1)(i) and a corresponding reference in subsection 6(3)—the Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, as in force on 27 June 2013;\n (e) for subsection 6(2) and a corresponding reference in subsection 6(3)—the Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, as in force on 27 June 2013.\n\n> nec is short for ‘not elsewhere classified’.\n\n> Regulations means the Migration Regulations 1994.\n\n \n\n## Part 2—Exempt occupations\n\n#### 6 Specified occupations\n\n (1) For the purposes of subregulation 2.72(13) of the Regulations, an occupation listed in column 1 of an item of the table in subsection (3) (for which an ANZSCO code is listed in column 2 of the item) is specified for the purposes of the following provisions of the Regulations:\n (a) paragraphs 2.72(11)(c) and 2.72(12)(c);\n (b) subregulation 2.73(13);\n (c) paragraphs 2.73(14)(c) and 2.73(14A)(c);\n (d) paragraph 2.86(2A)(b) and subregulation 2.86(2AA);\n (e) subregulation 5.19(7);\n (f) subclause 186.227(2) of Schedule 2 to the Regulations;\n (g) clauses 482.223 and 482.233 of Schedule 2 to the Regulations;\n (h) paragraph 8607(3)(a) of Schedule 8 to the Regulations;\n (i) paragraph 5.19(5A)(f).\n (2) For the purposes of subregulation 2.72C(14) of the Regulations, an occupation listed in column 1 of an item of the table in subsection (3) (for which an ANZSCO code is listed in column 2 of the item) is specified for the purposes of the following provisions of the Regulations:\n (a) paragraph 2.72C(13)(b);\n (b) subregulation 2.73B(11);\n (c) paragraphs 2.73B(12)(c), 2.86(2B)(b) and 2.86(2BA)(b);\n (d) clause 494.222 of Schedule 2;\n (e) paragraph 8608(3)(a) of Schedule 8.\n\n(3) For the purposes of subsections (1) and (2), the following is the table:\n\n```html\n

Specified occupations

Item

Column 1

Occupation

Column 2

ANZSCO Code

1

chief executive or managing director

111111

2

corporate general manager

111211

3

general practitioner

253111

4

resident medical officer

253112

5

anaesthetist

253211

6

specialist physician (general medicine)

253311

7

cardiologist

253312

8

clinical haematologist

253313

9

medical oncologist

253314

10

endocrinologist

253315

11

gastroenterologist

253316

12

intensive care specialist

253317

13

neurologist

253318

14

paediatrician

253321

15

renal medicine specialist

253322

16

rheumatologist

253323

17

thoracic medicine specialist

253324

18

specialist physician (nec)

253399

19

psychiatrist

253411

20

surgeon (general)

253511

21

cardiothoracic surgeon

253512

22

neurosurgeon

253513

23

orthopaedic surgeon

253514

24

otorhinolaryngologist

253515

25

paediatric surgeon

253516

26

plastic and reconstructive surgeon

253517

27

urologist

253518

28

vascular surgeon

253521

29

dermatologist

253911

30

emergency medicine specialist

253912

31

obstetrician and gynaecologist

253913

32

ophthalmologist

253914

33

pathologist

253915

34

diagnostic and interventional radiologist

253917

35

radiation oncologist

253918

36

medical practitioners (nec)

253999

\n```","sortOrder":4},{"sectionNumber":"6","sectionType":"section","heading":"Specified occupations","content":"#### 6 Specified occupations\n\n (1) For the purposes of subregulation 2.72(13) of the Regulations, an occupation listed in column 1 of an item of the table in subsection (3) (for which an ANZSCO code is listed in column 2 of the item) is specified for the purposes of the following provisions of the Regulations:\n (a) paragraphs 2.72(11)(c) and 2.72(12)(c);\n (b) subregulation 2.73(13);\n (c) paragraphs 2.73(14)(c) and 2.73(14A)(c);\n (d) paragraph 2.86(2A)(b) and subregulation 2.86(2AA);\n (e) subregulation 5.19(7);\n (f) subclause 186.227(2) of Schedule 2 to the Regulations;\n (g) clauses 482.223 and 482.233 of Schedule 2 to the Regulations;\n (h) paragraph 8607(3)(a) of Schedule 8 to the Regulations;\n (i) paragraph 5.19(5A)(f).\n (2) For the purposes of subregulation 2.72C(14) of the Regulations, an occupation listed in column 1 of an item of the table in subsection (3) (for which an ANZSCO code is listed in column 2 of the item) is specified for the purposes of the following provisions of the Regulations:\n (a) paragraph 2.72C(13)(b);\n (b) subregulation 2.73B(11);\n (c) paragraphs 2.73B(12)(c), 2.86(2B)(b) and 2.86(2BA)(b);\n (d) clause 494.222 of Schedule 2;\n (e) paragraph 8608(3)(a) of Schedule 8.\n\n(3) For the purposes of subsections (1) and (2), the following is the table:\n\n```html\n

Specified occupations

Item

Column 1

Occupation

Column 2

ANZSCO Code

1

chief executive or managing director

111111

2

corporate general manager

111211

3

general practitioner

253111

4

resident medical officer

253112

5

anaesthetist

253211

6

specialist physician (general medicine)

253311

7

cardiologist

253312

8

clinical haematologist

253313

9

medical oncologist

253314

10

endocrinologist

253315

11

gastroenterologist

253316

12

intensive care specialist

253317

13

neurologist

253318

14

paediatrician

253321

15

renal medicine specialist

253322

16

rheumatologist

253323

17

thoracic medicine specialist

253324

18

specialist physician (nec)

253399

19

psychiatrist

253411

20

surgeon (general)

253511

21

cardiothoracic surgeon

253512

22

neurosurgeon

253513

23

orthopaedic surgeon

253514

24

otorhinolaryngologist

253515

25

paediatric surgeon

253516

26

plastic and reconstructive surgeon

253517

27

urologist

253518

28

vascular surgeon

253521

29

dermatologist

253911

30

emergency medicine specialist

253912

31

obstetrician and gynaecologist

253913

32

ophthalmologist

253914

33

pathologist

253915

34

diagnostic and interventional radiologist

253917

35

radiation oncologist

253918

36

medical practitioners (nec)

253999

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