I, David Coleman, Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs, make the following instrument.
Dated 8 November 2019
David Coleman
Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs
Contents
1 Name
2 Commencement
3 Authority
4 Regional Certifying Bodies
5 Application
1 Name
This instrument is the Migration (LIN 19/214: Regional Certifying Bodies) Instrument 2019.
This instrument may be cited as LIN 19/214.
2 Commencement
The whole of this instrument commences at the same time as Schedule 2 to the Migration Amendment (New Skilled Regional Visas) Regulations 2019.
3 Authority
This instrument is made under subregulation 2.72C(20) of the Migration Regulations 1994 (the Regulations).
4 Regional Certifying Bodies
For the purposes of paragraph 2.72C(19)(a) of the Regulations, each body listed in a table in subsection (3) is specified as a Regional Certifying Body.
A Regional Certifying Body listed in subsection (3) has responsibility for a part of Australia that is a designated regional area listed in an instrument in writing made under the Regulations.
The bodies listed in the following tables are Regional Certifying Bodies:
Table 1: New South Wales
Item Body
1 Central NSW - Regional Development Australia, Central West Inc
2 Central NSW - Regional Development Australia, Orana Inc
3 Department of Planning, Industry and Environment
4 Eastern NSW - Regional Development Australia, Central Coast Inc
5 Northern NSW - Regional Development Australia, Hunter Inc
6 Northern NSW - Regional Development Australia, Mid North Coast Inc
7 Northern NSW - Regional Development Australia, Northern Inland Inc
8 Northern NSW - Regional Development Australia, Northern Rivers Inc
9 Southern NSW - Regional Development Australia, Far South Coast
10 Southern NSW - Regional Development Australia, Illawarra Inc
11 Southern NSW - Regional Development Australia, Murray Inc
12 Southern NSW - Regional Development Australia, Riverina Inc
13 Southern NSW - Regional Development Australia, Southern Inland Inc
14 Western NSW - Regional Development Australia, Far West Inc
Table 2: Victoria
Item Body
1 Ballarat City Council
2 City of Greater Bendigo
3 Commerce Ballarat
4 Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions (Geelong)
5 Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions (Mildura)
6 Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions (Traralgon)
7 Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions (Wangaratta)
8 Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions (Wodonga)
9 Greater Geelong City Council
10 Greater Shepparton City Council
11 Rural City of Wangaratta City Council
12 Swan Hill Rural City Council
13 Warrnambool City Council
14 Wimmera Development Association Inc
Table 3: Queensland
Item Body
1 Central Qld - Central Western Queensland Remote Area Planning and Development Board
2 Central Qld - Chamber of Commerce and Industry Queensland (Rockhampton and Central Qld)
3 Central Qld - Gladstone Area Promotion and Development Limited
4 Central Qld - Mount Isa Chamber of Commerce
5 Chamber of Commerce and Industry Queensland (Brisbane)
6 North Qld - Cairns Chamber of Commerce
7 North Qld - Chamber of Commerce and Industry Queensland (Cairns and Far North Qld)
8 North Qld - Chamber of Commerce and Industry Queensland (Mackay)
9 North Qld - Chamber of Commerce and Industry Queensland (Townsville and North Qld)
10 South East Qld - Chamber of Commerce and Industry Queensland (Gold Coast)
11 South East Qld - Chamber of Commerce and Industry Queensland (Sunshine Coast)
12 South West Qld - Chamber of Commerce and Industry Queensland (Toowoomba)
13 South West Qld - Maranoa Regional Council
Table 4: Western Australia
Item Body
1 Department of Training and Workforce Development
2 RDA Goldfields Esperance
Table 5: South Australia
Item Body
1 Department for Innovation and Skills
Table 6: Tasmania
Item Body
1 Department of State Growth
Table 7: Australian Capital Territory
Item Body
1 Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development Directorate
Table 8: Northern Territory
Item Body
1 Department of Trade, Business and Innovation
5 Application
This instrument applies in relation to the following:
an application for approval of a nomination for a Subclass 494 (Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (Provisional)) visa made on or after 16 November 2019; and
an application for a Subclass 494 (Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (Provisional)) visa made on or after 16 November 2019, if the related application for approval of a nomination is made on or after that date.