{"id":"F2022L00272","name":"Migration (Specified work and areas for subclass 462 visas) Instrument (LIN 22/013) 2022","slug":"migration-specified-work-and-areas-for-subclass-462-visas-instrument-lin-22-013-2022","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":102306,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2022L00272-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Name","content":"#### 1 Name\n\n This instrument is the Migration (Specified Work and Areas for Subclass 462 visas) Instrument (LIN 22/013) 2022.","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Purpose of Instrument","content":"#### 3 Purpose of Instrument\n\n For the definition of specified Subclass 462 work in regulation 1.03 and regulation 1.15FA of the Regulations, this instrument specifies:\n (a) areas of Australia; and\n (b) kinds of work.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"4","sectionType":"section","heading":"Definitions","content":"#### 4 Definitions\n\n> In this instrument:\n\n> bushfire affected area means one or more areas of Australia mentioned in item 1 of Schedule 1.\n\n> COVID-19 means the pandemic declared by the World Health Organization on 11 March 2020, caused by the coronavirus COVID-19.\n\n> Northern Australia means one or more areas of Australia mentioned in item 2 of Schedule 1.\n\n> Regional Australia means one or more areas of Australia mentioned in item 3 of Schedule 1.\n\n> Remote and Very Remote Australia means one or more areas of Australia mentioned in item 4 of Schedule 1.","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"5","sectionType":"section","heading":"Fishing and pearling work, and tree farming and felling work","content":"#### 5 Fishing and pearling work, and tree farming and felling work\n\n (1) Northern Australia is specified if the work carried out in that area is a kind of work mentioned in subsection (2).\n (2) A kind of work mentioned in the following table is specified if carried out in Northern Australia.\n\n| Item | Kinds of work |\n| ---- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |\n| 1 | Fishing and pearling:(a) conducting operations relating directly to taking or catching fish and other aquatic species;(b) conducting operations relating directly to taking or culturing pearls or pearl shell |\n| 2 | Tree farming and felling:(a) planting or tending trees in a plantation or forest that are intended to be felled;(b) felling trees in a plantation or forest;(c) transporting trees or parts of trees that were felled in a plantation or forest to the place where they are first to be milled or processed, or any other place from which they are to be transported to the place where they are to be milled or processed |","sortOrder":3},{"sectionNumber":"6","sectionType":"section","heading":"Plant and animal cultivation work, and construction work","content":"#### 6 Plant and animal cultivation work, and construction work\n\n (1) Northern Australia and Regional Australia are specified if the work carried out in those areas is a kind of work mentioned in subsection (2).\n (2) A kind of work mentioned in the following table is specified if carried out in Northern Australia and Regional Australia.\n\n| Item | Kinds of work |\n| ---- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |\n| 1 | Plant and animal cultivation:(a) harvesting and/or packing of fruit and vegetable crops;(b) pruning or trimming vines and trees directly associated with the cultivation and commercial sale of plant produce;(c) general maintenance crop work;(d) cultivating or propagating plants, fungi or their products or parts;(e) immediate processing of plant products;(f) maintaining animals for the purposes of selling them or their bodily produce, including natural increase;(g) immediate processing of animal products including shearing, butchery, packing and tanning, but not including secondary processing;(h) manufacturing dairy produce from raw material |\n| 2 | Construction:(a) building construction;(b) heavy and civil engineering construction;(c) land development and site preparation services;(d) building structure services;(e) building installation services;(f) building completion services |","sortOrder":4},{"sectionNumber":"7","sectionType":"section","heading":"Tourism and hospitality work","content":"#### 7 Tourism and hospitality work\n\n (1) Areas of Australia within postcodes 4406, 4416, 4498 and 7215, Northern Australia and Remote and Very Remote Australia are specified if the work carried out in those areas is:\n (a) a kind of work mentioned in subsection (2); and\n (b) carried out after 21 June 2021.\n (2) Tourism and hospitality work is specified if carried out in areas of Australia within postcodes 4406, 4416, 4498 and 7215, Northern Australia and Remote and Very Remote Australia for a person providing one or more of the following services:\n (a) accommodation, including:\n (i) hotels, motels, bed and breakfasts, and backpacker hostels;\n (ii) caravan parks and camping grounds;\n (iii) commercial housekeeping services;\n (iv) boarding houses, guest houses and reception centres;\n (b) food and beverage, including:\n (i) cafes and restaurants;\n (ii) takeaway food services/businesses;\n (iii) catering services;\n (iv) pubs, taverns and bars;\n (v) hospitality clubs;\n (c) services provided directly to tourists, including:\n (i) tourist guides and operators;\n (ii) outdoor adventure or activity instructors;\n (iii) tourist transport service workers;\n (iv) gallery or museum workers, curators or guides;\n (v) travel agency and tourist information workers;\n (vi) event and entertainment venue workers.","sortOrder":5},{"sectionNumber":"8","sectionType":"section","heading":"Bushfire recovery work","content":"#### 8 Bushfire recovery work\n\n (1) Bushfire affected area is specified if the work carried out in that area is:\n (a) a kind of work, paid or volunteer, mentioned in subsection (2); and\n (b) carried out after 31 July 2019.\n (2) Bushfire recovery work:\n (a) is specified if carried out in a bushfire affected area; and\n (b) includes:\n (i) construction, farming, or any other work in association with recovery or restitution of land, property, farm animals or wildlife;\n (ii) providing support services or assistance to people living, working or volunteering in the affected areas.","sortOrder":6},{"sectionNumber":"9","sectionType":"section","heading":"Critical COVID-19 work in the healthcare and medical sectors","content":"#### 9 Critical COVID-19 work in the healthcare and medical sectors\n\n (1) Each area of Australia is specified if the work carried out in that area is:\n (a) a kind of work mentioned in subsection (2); and\n (b) carried out after 31 January 2020.\n (2) Critical COVID-19 work in the healthcare and medical sectors:\n (a) is specified if carried out in each area of Australia; and\n (b) includes:\n (i) medical treatment, nursing, contact tracing, testing and research;\n (ii) support services such as cleaning of medical and health care facilities and equipment.","sortOrder":7},{"sectionNumber":"9A","sectionType":"section","heading":"Recovery work—flood, cyclone or other severe weather","content":"#### 9A Recovery work—flood, cyclone or other severe weather\n\n (1) A kind of work is specified for the purposes of the definition of specified Subclass 462 work in regulation 1.03 of the Regulations if the work:\n (a) is carried out in an area mentioned in item 5 of Schedule 1 as an area affected by flood, cyclone or other severe weather; and\n (b) is carried out after 31 December 2021; and\n (c) includes:\n (i) clean-up, construction or any other work in association with restitution or restoration of services, land, waterways, property or infrastructure;\n (ii) providing support services or assistance to people living, working or volunteering in the area affected by flood, cyclone or other severe weather.\n (2) An area of Australia is specified for the purposes of the definition of specified Subclass 462 work in regulation 1.03 of the Regulations if the area is an area mentioned in item 5 of Schedule 1 as an area affected by flood, cyclone or other severe weather.","sortOrder":8},{"sectionNumber":"10","sectionType":"section","heading":"Application of amendments made by LIN 24/020","content":"#### 10 Application of amendments made by LIN 24/020\n\n The amendments made by the Migration Legislation Amendment (Specified Work and Areas for Subclass 417 and 462 Visas) Instrument (LIN 24/020) 2024 apply in relation to an application for a Work and Holiday (Temporary) (Class US) visa:\n (a) made, but not finally determined, before the commencement of that instrument; or\n (b) made on or after the commencement of that instrument.","sortOrder":9},{"sectionNumber":"11","sectionType":"section","heading":"Application of amendments made by LIN 25/048","content":"#### 11 Application of amendments made by LIN 25/048\n\n The amendments made by the Migration Legislation Amendment (Specified Work and Areas for Subclass 417 and 462 Visas) Instrument 2025 apply in relation to an application for a Work and Holiday (Temporary) (Class US) visa:\n (a) made, but not finally determined, before the commencement of that instrument; or;\n (b) made on or after the commencement of that instrument.\n\n \n\nSchedule 1 Specified areas of Australia\n\n```html\n

Item

Area of Australia

State or Territory

Postcodes / Areas

1

Bushfire affected areas

Australian Capital Territory

All areas.

New South Wales

Armidale, Ballina, Bathurst, Bega Valley, Bellingen, Blayney, Blue Mountains, Bogan, Brewarrina, Byron, Cabonne, Central Coast, Cessnock, Clarence Valley, Cobar, Coffs Harbour, Coonamble, Cootamundra-Gundagai, Cowra, Dubbo, Dungog, Maitland, Edward River, Eurobodalla, Glen Innes Severn, Goulburn Mulwaree, Gwydir, Greater Hume, Hawkesbury, Hilltops, Inverell, Kempsey, Ku-ring-gai, Kyogle, Lake Macquarie, Lismore, Lithgow, Liverpool Plains, Mid Coast, Mid-Western, Moree Plains, Muswellbrook, Nambucca, Nambucca Valley, Narrabri, Oberon, Penrith, Port Macquarie-Hastings, Port Stephens, Queanbeyan-Palerang, Richmond Valley, Shoalhaven, Singleton, Snowy Monaro, Snowy Valleys, Sutherland, Tamworth, Tenterfield, Tweed, Upper Hunter, Upper Hunter, Upper Lachlan, Uralla, Walcha, Walgett, Wagga Wagga, Warren, Wingecarribee, Wollondilly, Wollongong, and Yass Valley.

Northern Territory

Alice Springs, Barkly, Central Desert, East Arnhem, MacDonnell, Roper Gulf, Victoria Daly and West Daly.

Queensland

Balonne, Bundaberg, Bulloo, Cairns, Carpentaria, Cassowary Coast, Central Highlands, Cook, Douglas, Etheridge, Gladstone, Gold Coast, Goondiwindi, Gympie, Hinchinbrook, Hope Vale, Ipswich, Kowanyama, Livingstone, Lockyer Valley, Logan, Maranoa, Mareeba, Noosa, North Burnett, Redland, Scenic Rim, Somerset, Southern Downs, Sunshine Coast, Tablelands, Toowoomba, Townsville, Quilpie, Western Downs, Wujal Wujal and Yarrabah.

South Australia

Adelaide Hills, Coorong, Kangaroo Island, Kingston, Lower Eyre Peninsula, Mid Murray, Mount Barker, Murray Bridge, Playford, Southern Mallee and Yorke Peninsula.

Tasmania

Break O’Day, Central Highlands, Latrobe, and Southern Midlands.

Victoria

Alpine, Ararat, Ballarat, Bass Coast, Baw Baw, Benalla, Buloke, Cardinia, Casey, Central Goldfields, Colac Otway, East Gippsland, Falls Creek, Frankston, Glen Eira, Glenelg, Golden Plains, Greater Bendigo, Greater Dandenong, Greater Geelong, Greater Shepparton, Hepburn, Hindmarsh, Horsham, Indigo, Kingston, Knox, Latrobe, Macedon Ranges, Mansfield, Maroondah, Melton, Mitchell, Monash, Moorabool, Mornington Peninsula, Mount Alexander, Mount Buller, Mount Hotham, Mount Stirling, Moyne, Murrindindi, Northern Grampians, Pyrenees, South Gippsland, Southern Grampians, Strathbogie, Towong, Wangaratta, Warrnambool, Wellington, West Wimmera, Whitehorse, Wodonga, and Yarra Ranges.

Western Australia

Beverley, Brookton, Broome, Cue, East Pilbara, Greater Geraldton, Meekatharra, Murchison, Port Hedland, Swan, Upper Gascoyne, Wanneroo and Wiluna.

2

Northern Australia

Queensland

4472, 4478, 4481, 4482, 4680, 4694, 4695, 4697, 4699 to 4707, 4709 to 4714, 4717, 4720 to 4728, 4730 to 4733, 4735 to 4746, 4750, 4751, 4753, 4754, 4756, 4757, 4798 to 4812, 4814 to 4825, 4828 to 4830, 4849, 4850, 4852, 4854 to 4856, 4858 to 4861, 4865, 4868 to 4888, 4890 to 4892, 4895

Western Australia

0872, 6537, 6642, 6646, 6701, 6705, 6707, 6710 to 6714, 6716, 6718, 6720 to 6722, 6725, 6726, 6728, 6740, 6743, 6751, 6753, 6754, 6758, 6760, 6762, 6765, 6770

Northern Territory

All postcodes

3

Regional Australia

New South Wales

2311 to 2312, 2328 to 2411, 2420 to 2490, 2536 to 2551, 2575 to 2594, 2618 to 2739, 2787 to 2898

Victoria

3139, 3211 to 3334, 3340 to 3424, 3430 to 3649, 3658 to 3749, 3753, 3756, 3758, 3762, 3764, 3778 to 3781, 3783, 3797, 3799, 3810 to 3909, 3921 to 3925, 3945 to 3974, 3979, 3981 to 3996

Queensland

4124 to 4125; 4133; 4211; 4270 to 4272; 4275; 4280; 4285; 4287; 4307 to 4499; 4510; 4512; 4515 to 4519; 4522 to 4899

South Australia

All postcodes

Tasmania

All postcodes

Western Australia

6041 to 6044; 6055 to 6056; 6069; 6076; 6083 to 6084; 6111; 6121 to 6126; 6200 to 6799

Northern Territory

All postcodes in the Northern Territory

Norfolk Island

All postcodes

4

Remote and Very Remote Australia

New South Wales

2356, 2386, 2387, 2396, 2405, 2406, 2672, 2675, 2825, 2826, 2829, 2832 to 283, 2838 to 2840, 2873, 2878, 2879, 2898, 2899

Northern Territory

All postcodes

Queensland

4025, 4183, 4417 to 4420, 4422, 4423, 4426 to 4428, 4454, 4461, 4462, 4465, 4467, 4468, 4470, , 4474, 4475, 4477 to 4482, 4486 to 4494, 4496, 4497, 4680, 4694, 4695, 4697, 4699 to 4707, 4709 to 4714, 4717, 4720 to 4728, 4730 to 4733, 4735 to 4746, 4750, 4751, 4753, 4754, 4756, 4757, 4798 to 4812, 4814 to 4825, 4828 to 4830, 4849, 4850, 4852, 4854 to 4856, 4858 to 4861, 4865, 4868 to 4888, 4890 to 4892, 4895

Victoria

3424, 3506, 3509, 3512, 3889 to 3892

South Australia

5220 to 5223, 5302 to 5304, 5440, 5576, 5577, 5582, 5583, 5602 to 5607, 5611, 5630 to 5633, 5640 to 5642, 5650 to 5655, 5660, 5661, 5670, 5671, 5680, 5690, 5713, 5715, 5717, 5719, 5720, 5722 to 5725, 5730 to 5734

Tasmania

7139, 7255 to 7257, 7466 to 7470

Western Australia

6161, 6335 to 6338, 6341, 6343, 6346, 6348, 6350 to 6353, 6355 to 6359, 6361, 6363, 6365, 6367 to 6369, 6373, 6375, 6385, 6386, 6418 to 6429, 6431, 6434, 6436 to 6438, 6440, 6443, 6445 to 6448, 6450, 6452, 6466 to 6468, 6470, 6472, 6473, 6475 to 6477, 6479, 6480, 6484, 6487 to 6490, 6515, 6517 to 6519, 6536, 6605, 6606, 6608, 6609, 6612 to 6614, 6616, 6620, 6623, 6625, 6627, 6628, 6630 to 6632, 6635, 6638 to 6640, 6731, 6733, 6798, 6799

5

Area affected by flood, cyclone or other severe weather

New South Wales

Albury, Armidale, Ballina, Balranald, Bathurst, Bayside, Bega Valley, Bellingen, Berrigan, Blacktown, Bland, Blayney, Blue Mountains, Bogan, Bourke, Brewarrina, Broken Hill, Byron, Cabonne, Camden, Campbelltown, Canterbury-Bankstown, Carrathool, Central Coast, Central Darling, Cessnock, Clarence Valley, Cobar, Coffs Harbour, Coolamon, Coonamble, Cootamundra-Gundagai, Cowra, Cumberland, Dubbo, Dungog, Edward River, Eurobodalla, Fairfield, Federation, Forbes, Georges River, Gilgandra, Glen Innes Severn, Goulburn Mulwaree, Greater Hume, Griffith, Gunnedah, Gwydir, Hawkesbury, Hay, Hilltops, Hornsby, Inner West, Inverell, Junee, Kempsey, Kiama, Ku-Ring-Gai, Kyogle, Lachlan, Lake Macquarie, Leeton, Lismore, Lithgow, Liverpool, Liverpool Plains, Lockhart, Maitland, Mid-Coast, Mid-Western, Mid-Western Regional, Moree Plains, Murray River, Murrumbidgee, Muswellbrook, Nambucca, Nambucca Valley, Narrabri, Narrandera, Narromine, Newcastle, Northern Beaches, Oberon, Orange, Parkes, Parramatta, Penrith, Port Macquarie-Hastings, Port Stephens, Queanbeyan Palerang, Randwick, Richmond Valley, Ryde, Shellharbour, Shoalhaven, Singleton, Snowy Monaro, Snowy Valleys, Strathfield, Sutherland, Tamworth Regional, Temora, Tenterfield, The Hills, Tweed, Unincorporated area (postcode 2011, 2898), Upper Hunter, Upper Lachlan, Uralla, Wagga Wagga, Walcha, Walgett, Warren, Warrumbungle, Waverley, Weddin, Wentworth, Willoughby, Wingecarribee, Wollondilly, Wollongong and Yass Valley.

Northern Territory

Alice Springs, Barkly, Central Desert, East Arnhem, Katherine, MacDonnell, Roper Gulf, Victoria Daly, West Arnhem and West Daly.

Queensland

Aurukun, Balonne, Banana, Barcaldine, Barcoo, Blackall-Tambo, Boulia, Brisbane, Bulloo, Bundaberg, Burdekin, Burke, Cairns, Carpentaria, Cassowary Coast, Charters Towers, Central Highlands, Cloncurry, Cook, Croydon, Cherbourg, Diamantina, Doomadgee, Douglas, Etheridge, Flinders, Fraser Coast, Gladstone, Gilgandra, Gold Coast, Goondiwindi, Gympie, Hinchinbrook, Hope Vale, Ipswich, Kowanyama, Livingstone, Lockhart River, Lockyer Valley, Logan, Longreach, Maranoa, Mareeba, McKinlay, Moreton Bay, Northern Peninsula, Mount Isa, Murweh, Noosa, North Burnett, Palm Island, Paroo, Quilpie, Redland, Richmond, Rockhampton, Scenic Rim, Somerset, South Burnett, Southern Downs, Sunshine Coast, Tablelands, Tenterfield, Toowoomba, Torres, Torres Strait, Townsville, Western Downs, Whitsunday, Winton, Wujal Wujal and Yarrabah.

South Australia

Alexandrina, Berri Barmera, Coorong, Karoonda East Murray, Loxton Waikerie, Mid Murray, Murray Bridge and Renmark Paringa.

Tasmania

All areas.

Victoria

Alpine, Ararat, Ballarat, Bass Coast, Baw Baw, Benalla, Berrigan, Boroondara, Buloke, Campaspe, Cardinia, Casey, Central Goldfields, Colac Otway, Corangamite, East Gippsland, Frankston, Gannawarra, Glen Eira, Glenelg, Golden Plains, Greater Bendigo, Greater Dandenong, Greater Geelong, Greater Shepparton, Hepburn, Horsham, Indigo, Kingston, Knox, Latrobe, Loddon, Macedon Ranges, Mansfield, Maribyrnong, Maroondah, Melbourne, Melton, Mildura, Mitchell, Moira, Monash, Moonee Valley, Moorabool, Mornington Peninsula, Mount Alexander, Murrindindi, Nillumbik, Northern Grampians, Pyrenees, Snowy Valleys, South Gippsland, Southern Grampians, Strathbogie, Swan Hill, Towong, Wangaratta, Warrnambool, Wellington, Whitehorse, Wodonga, Yarra and Yarra Ranges.

Western Australia

Ashburton, Augusta-Margaret River, Beverley, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Brookton, Broome, Bruce Rock, Bunbury, Busselton, Carnarvon, Coolgardie, Corrigin, Cue, Dardanup, Derby West Kimberley, Dundas, East Kimberley, East Pilbara, Greater Geraldton, Halls Creek, Jerramungup, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Karratha, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Morawa, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Northampton, Port Hedland, Ravensthorpe, Sandstone, Swan, Upper Gascoyne, Wanneroo, Wiluna, Wyndham-East Kimberley and Yalgoo.

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Sections 10–11 clarify how later amendment instruments will apply to pending and future applications, but they do not expand the instrument’s stated purpose; they only prescribe how later changes will be applied to visa applications."},"complexity_factors":["Large, detailed geographic schedule with many postcodes and LGAs (Schedule 1)","Multiple categories of work with distinct temporal eligibility cut-offs (ss5–9, 9A)","Cross-reference to Migration Regulations (regs 1.03 and 1.15FA) which determine downstream legal effects (s3)","Application clauses linking future amendment instruments to pending and future visa applications (ss10–11)","Mix of activity-based (kinds of work) and location-based (postcodes/areas) criteria requiring factual verification"],"plain_english_summary":"What this instrument does (mechanically)\n\n- It sets out, in detail, which kinds of work and which geographic areas count as “specified Subclass 462 work” for the purposes of the Migration Regulations (see s3). In short, it lists: kinds of work (fishing, pearling, tree-felling, farming, construction, tourism and hospitality, disaster recovery and certain COVID-19 health work) and the exact areas or postcodes where that work is treated as “specified” (see ss5–9, 9A and Schedule 1).\n- It creates timing cut-offs for some categories (for example, tourism and hospitality work must be carried out after 21 June 2021 (s7); bushfire recovery work after 31 July 2019 (s8); critical COVID-19 health work after 31 January 2020 (s9); flood/cyclone recovery work after 31 December 2021 (s9A)).\n- It records that later amendment instruments (LIN 24/020 and LIN 25/048) will apply to visa applications both already made but not finally determined and to applications made after those instruments commence (ss10–11).\n\nWho is affected and who decides\n\n- Primary legal effect: the instrument defines what counts as “specified Subclass 462 work” for regulatory purposes (s3). That definition determines whether particular periods of work meet regulatory criteria that depend on that label. The persons directly implicated are people performing the listed kinds of work in the listed areas and any parties (employers, sponsors, or visa applicants) who rely on those work periods for migration outcomes.\n- Decision-making is made by the instrument itself and by the Migration Regulations it amends/defines (see s3 and references to regulations 1.03 and 1.15FA). Administrative implementation (checking whether claimed work matches the kinds, areas and dates set out) will be performed by the officials who make migration determinations under those Regulations.\n\nOfficial purpose-claims and a practical test against costs, incentives and trade-offs\n\n- The instrument’s stated mechanical purpose is to specify which areas and kinds of work are “specified Subclass 462 work” for the Regulations (s3). Treated as a stated purpose, that clarifies eligibility boundaries for the relevant visa rules.\n\n- Who pays / who bears costs: workers and their employers or sponsors will carry the primary compliance burden. To rely on a period of work as “specified”, an applicant or their employer must show the work matches the kind, area and date rules in this instrument (see ss5–9, 9A and Schedule 1). That creates documentation and verification requirements for applicants and for the department assessing claims.\n\n- Incentives and behaviour effects: by designating particular postcodes, regions and kinds of activity as “specified”, the instrument makes those work periods valuable for whatever regulatory outcome depends on the “specified” label (see s3). That creates an incentive for workers who want to rely on the label to seek or record work in listed areas and for employers in those areas to hire workers whose work will qualify. The instrument also sets dates for when certain work counts (ss7–9, 9A), which creates temporal incentives (e.g., work performed after a specified date qualifies).\n\n- Trade-offs and opportunity costs: the instrument channels regulatory benefit to work done in named occupations and areas. The practical trade-off is concentration of regulatory advantage in those listed locations and activity types (Schedule 1; ss5–6, 7–9A). That may divert worker supply and hiring decisions towards qualifying work and locations, and away from unlisted work or areas — the instrument itself creates that mechanical effect by listing specific postcodes and activities.\n\n- Compliance burden and administrative discretion: the schedule contains many detailed postcode and area listings (Schedule 1). Detailed lists reduce interpretive ambiguity about geographic scope but increase administrative tasks for applicants and decision-makers: applicants must demonstrate the location and nature of the work; decision-makers must check those facts against the Schedule. The instrument also refers to future amendment instruments and says those amendments apply to pending applications (ss10–11), which preserves administrative discretion to apply changed rules to existing cases when those instruments commence.\n\n- Implementation risk and updating: the instrument’s practical effect depends on accurate and current area/postcode lists (Schedule 1). Any error or delay in updating those lists would affect determinations; the instrument anticipates later changes by referring to LIN 24/020 and LIN 25/048 and how those amendments apply (ss10–11).\n\n- Effects on private enterprise and individual choice: the instrument does not directly set wages, terms or business licensing; it changes legal categorisation that private actors will take into account when making hiring and work-location choices. In consequence, businesses located in listed areas will find that certain types of employment they offer can be relied on by workers for regulatory purposes; workers seeking to benefit from that regulatory classification will be incentivised to accept those roles (see ss5–9, 9A and Schedule 1).\n\nSpecificity and predictability\n\n- The instrument is highly specific about which activities and which geographic units qualify (see ss5–7 and Schedule 1). That specificity supports predictability for applicants and employers but requires careful record-keeping (dates, duties performed, and precise locations) to demonstrate compliance.\n\nSources within the instrument cited above: Purpose statement (s3); definitions (s4); categories and kinds of work (ss5–7, 8–9, 9A); timing rules (ss7–9, 9A); application of later amendments (ss10–11); full geographic and postcode lists (Schedule 1)."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"Originally, this instrument likely covered only traditional regional work like fruit picking and farm labour. It has significantly expanded to include: (1) tourism and hospitality work (added with a specific 2021 start date), (2) bushfire recovery work (responding to the 2019-2020 Black Summer fires), (3) critical COVID-19 healthcare work (pandemic response), and (4) flood/cyclone recovery work (added via section 9A). 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To get an extra year, they must do \"specified work\" in \"specified areas.\"\n\n**What it does:**\nThe law lists five types of work and matches them to specific regions of Australia:\n\n- **Fishing, pearling, and tree farming** – only in Northern Australia (far north Queensland, Western Australia, and the entire Northern Territory)\n- **Farm work and construction** – in Northern Australia OR Regional Australia (most areas outside major cities)\n- **Tourism and hospitality** – in specific postcodes, Northern Australia, or remote areas, but only for work done after 21 June 2021\n- **Bushfire recovery work** – in areas hit by the 2019-2020 bushfires, including paid or volunteer work done after 31 July 2019\n- **COVID-19 healthcare work** – anywhere in Australia, for work done after 31 January 2020 (includes medical treatment, nursing, testing, and cleaning health facilities)\n- **Flood and cyclone recovery work** – in areas affected by severe weather events, for work done after 31 December 2021\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThis is the rulebook that determines whether a fruit picker in Queensland, a nurse in Sydney, or a hospitality worker in Darwin can stay in Australia for another year. 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