Immigration (Education) Act 1971Immigration (Education) Act 1971

Immigration (Education) Act 1971

ENGLISH COURSES FOR HOLDERS OF CERTAIN TEMPORARY VISAS

(SUBPARAGRAPH 4A(a)(ii))

I, CHRIS BOWEN, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, acting under subparagraph 4A(a)(ii) of the Immigration (Education) Act 1971 (‘the Act’):

1. REVOKE Instrument number IMMI 10/058, signed on 8 December 2010, specifying temporary visas for the purposes of subparagraph 4A(a)(ii) of the Act; AND

2. SPECIFY, for the purposes of subparagraph 4A(a)(ii) of the Act, the following classes of temporary visas:

(a) Business Skills (Provisional) (Class UR);

(b) Business Skills (Provisional) (Class EB);

(c) Interdependency (Provisional) (Class UG);

(d) Partner (Provisional) (Class UF);

(e) Partner (Temporary) (Class UK);

(f) Resolution of Status (Temporary) (Class UH);

(g) Skilled – Designated Area-sponsored (Provisional) (Class UZ);

(h) Skilled – Independent Regional (Provisional) (Class UX);

(i) Skilled – Regional Sponsored (Subclass 475); and

(j) Skilled – Regional Sponsored (Subclass 487); and

(k) Skilled – Regional Sponsored (Subclass 489).

This Instrument, IMMI 12/038, commences on 1 July 2012, immediately after the commencement of Migration Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2012.

Dated 12 June 2012

Chris Bowen

Minister for Immigration and Citizenship

[NOTE: Subparagraph 4A(a)(ii) of the Act provides that a person is eligible for English courses if he or she is in Australia and holds a temporary visa of a class specified in a legislative instrument made by the Minister.]