Part 1Preliminary

## Part 1—Preliminary #### 1 Name This instrument is the Australian Citizenship (special residence requirement) Instrument (LIN 21/069) 2021. #### 2A Authority This instrument is made under section 22C of the Australian Citizenship Act 2007. #### 3 Definitions In this instrument: > Act means the Australian Citizenship Act 2007. > ICC means the International Cricket Council. > LIN 26/024 means the Australian Citizenship (special residence requirement) Amendment (Measures No. 1) Instrument 2026. > Migration Regulations means the Migration Regulations 1994. > participation in an Australian team means participation by a person who is an athlete in an Australian sports team. > relevant talent visa means one of the following visas, excluding those for which an applicant received an invitation from the Department to apply for: (a) a Distinguished Talent (Migrant) (Class AL) visa, within the meaning given by the Migration Regulations, in respect of which an application was made before 14 November 2020; or (b) a Distinguished Talent (Residence) (Class BX) visa, within the meaning given by the Migration Regulations, in respect of which an application was made before 27 February 2021; or (c) a Global Talent (Class BX) visa, within the meaning given by the Migration Regulations, in respect of which an application was made on or after 27 February 2021. > S&P/ASX All Australia 200 listed company means one of the 200 Australian Securities Exchange listed companies in the S&P/ASX 200 share market index. scientist means someone with an expert knowledge of science, including someone professionally qualified in one or more of the branches of science. > Note 1: The branches of science include natural science, social science and formal science. > Note 2: The companies in the S&P/ASX All Australia 200 are listed at https://www.spglobal.com/spdji/en/indices/equity/sp-asx-200/#data and are ordinarily rebalanced every quarter. ## Part 2—Specified activities, organisations and kinds of work 5 Specified activities and organisations Under subsections 22C(1) and (2) of the Act: (a) for subparagraph 22A(1)(a)(i), an activity mentioned in an item of the following table is specified; and (b) for paragraph 22A(1)(b), an organisation mentioned in an item of the following table is specified in relation to the activity mentioned for the item. | Item | Activity | Organisation | | ---- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | 1 | Employment in a position which requires a Negative Vetting 2 or higher security clearance in a Commonwealth entity that is:(a) a Department;(b) an executive agency; or(c) a statutory agency. | A Commonwealth entity that is:(a) a Department;(b) an executive agency; or(c) a statutory agency. | | 2 | Participation in an Australian team in the Olympic Winter Games or Olympic Summer Games, including qualifying events | Australian Olympic Committee | | 3 | Participation in an Australian team in the Paralympic Winter Games or Paralympic Summer Games, including qualifying events | Australian Paralympic Committee | | 4 | Participation in an Australian team in the Davis Cup or Billie Jean King Cup, including qualifying events | Tennis Australia | | 5 | Participation in an Australian team in the Commonwealth Games, including qualifying events | Commonwealth Games Australia | | 6 | Participation in an Australian team for any men’s or women’s international cricket match, including:(a) Test cricket;(b) one-day internationals;(c) Twenty20 International;(d) a match played as part of an ICC event; or(e) other matches organised or sanctioned by the ICC from time to time to which the ICC deems appropriate that the ICC Regulations should apply. | Cricket Australia | 6 Specified kinds of work (1) Under subsection 22C(3) of the Act, for paragraph 22B(1)(a), the kinds of work set out in subsections (2) and (3) are specified. (2) Work that is: (a) done on duty by a crew member of a ship or aircraft; or (b) done on duty on a resources installation or a sea installation; or (c) done in the course of duty by an employee of an S&P/ASX All Australian 200 listed company in one of the following positions: (i) a chief executive officer; or (ii) an executive manager; or (d) research and development of benefit to Australia done as: (i) a scientist; or (ii) an academic; who has been awarded a Doctor of Philosophy in their field of speciality and is employed by an Australian university; or (e) done in the course of duty as a scientist employed by: (i) the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation; or (ii) a medical research institute that is a member of the Association of Australian Medical Research Institutes; or (f) done in the course of duty as a medical specialist of internationally recognised record of exceptional and outstanding achievement in their field of speciality, who: (i) is a fellow of an organisation listed in column 1 of an item in the table in clause 1 in Schedule 1 to the Health Insurance Regulations 2018; and (ii) holds a qualification relevant to the organisation. (3) Work that is in one of the following areas: (a) academia and research; or (b) the arts; or (c) a profession; or (d) a sport; where the particular kind of work is done by a person who is or has been a primary holder of a relevant talent visa and the visa was granted based on an internationally recognised record of exceptional and outstanding achievement in the same area. #### 7 Specified work—work of a minister of religion in a senior leadership position (1) For the purposes of paragraph 22B(1)(a) of the Act, the work of a minister of religion in a senior leadership position in a religious organisation is specified. (2) For subsection (1), the work of a minister of religion in a senior leadership position includes activities undertaken in the course of performing the following: (a) senior religious leadership and pastoral duties; (b) executive governance or administrative functions of the religious organisation; (c) ceremonial, representative or community engagement duties carried out in the person’s capacity as a minister of religion in a senior leadership position. ## Part 3—Application and transitional provisions #### 8 Application of amendments in LIN 26/024 The amendments of this instrument made by LIN 26/024 apply in relation to an application for citizenship made on or after the day on which LIN 26/024 commences.