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This ministerial update revises which Australian states and territories will accept financial responsibility for health care costs so certain permanent employer‑sponsored visa applicants (subclasses 846, 855, 856, 857) with otherwise disqualifying medical conditions can receive a health waiver.
It adds ACT, Victoria, WA, Northern Territory, Queensland, Tasmania and South Australia as participating jurisdictions; New South Wales is not included, so NSW‑sponsored applicants remain unable to access this waiver.
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Direct links to the current provisions in Migration Regulations 1994 - Specification under regulations 846.111, 855.111, 856.111 and 857.111 - Health Waiver - Participating States and Territories - November 2009.
HEALTH WAIVER – PARTICIPATING STATES AND TERRITORIES
(REGULATIONS 846.111, 855.111, 856.111, 857.111)
I, CHRIS EVANS, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, acting under clauses 846.111, 855.111, 856.111 and 857.111 of Schedule 2 to the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations’):
REVOKE Instrument number IMMI 09/102 signed on 3 August 2009; AND
SPECIFY for the purposes of the definition of participating State or Territory in clauses 846.111, 855.111, 856.111 and 857.111 of Schedule 2 to the Regulations, applies to the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria, Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, Tasmania and South Australia.
This Instrument, IMMI 09/131, commences on the day after registration on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.
Dated 11 November 2009
CHRIS EVANS
Minister for Immigration and Citizenship
[NOTE 1: Clauses 846.111, 855.111, 856.111 and 857.111 of Schedule 2 to the Regulations allow the Minister to specify in an instrument in writing a State or Territory that is a participating State or Territory for the purposes of those clauses.
NOTE 2: This Instrument is made for the purposes of the following visa subclasses: subclass 846 (State/Territory Sponsored Regional Established Business in Australia), subclass 855 (Labour Agreement), subclass 856 (Employer Nomination Scheme) and subclass 857 (Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme).]
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HEALTH WAIVER – PARTICIPATING STATES AND TERRITORIES
(REGULATIONS 846.111, 855.111, 856.111, 857.111)
I, CHRIS EVANS, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, acting under clauses 846.111, 855.111, 856.111 and 857.111 of Schedule 2 to the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations’):
REVOKE Instrument number IMMI 09/102 signed on 3 August 2009; AND
SPECIFY for the purposes of the definition of participating State or Territory in clauses 846.111, 855.111, 856.111 and 857.111 of Schedule 2 to the Regulations, applies to the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria, Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, Tasmania and South Australia.
This Instrument, IMMI 09/131, commences on the day after registration on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.
Dated 11 November 2009
CHRIS EVANS
Minister for Immigration and Citizenship
[NOTE 1: Clauses 846.111, 855.111, 856.111 and 857.111 of Schedule 2 to the Regulations allow the Minister to specify in an instrument in writing a State or Territory that is a participating State or Territory for the purposes of those clauses.
NOTE 2: This Instrument is made for the purposes of the following visa subclasses: subclass 846 (State/Territory Sponsored Regional Established Business in Australia), subclass 855 (Labour Agreement), subclass 856 (Employer Nomination Scheme) and subclass 857 (Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme).]