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Migration Regulations 1994 - Specification Of A Health Service Provider - IMMI 07/013

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This instrument officially adds Health Services Australia to the list of approved organisations authorised to perform migration medical examinations and reviews for Australian visa applicants. It affects visa applicants who must undergo health checks and the clinics that conduct them, because only medical certificates from approved providers are accepted by the Department of Immigration.

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Migration Regulations 1994 - Specification Of A Health Service Provider - IMMI 07/013

IMMI 07/013

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Commonwealth of Australia

Migration Regulations 1994

HEALTH SERVICE PROVIDER

(REGULATION 1.15AA(2) )

I, KEVIN ANDREWS, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, acting under regulation 1.17 and subregulation 1.15AA(2) of the Migration Regulations 1994 ("the Regulations"):

1. SPECIFY the following health service provider for the purposes of subregulation 1.15AA(2) of the Regulations:

Health Services Australia.

This Instrument, IMMI 07/013, commences on 23 April 2007.

Dated 16 April 2007

KEVIN ANDREWS

Minister for Immigration and Citizenship

[NOTE 1: Regulation 1.17 provides that the Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette, specify matters required by individual provisions of the Regulations to be specified for the purposes of those provisions.

NOTE 2: Subregulation 1.15AA(2) provides that a certificate meets the requirements of this subregulation if (a) it is a certificate: (i) in relation to a medical assessment carried out on behalf of a health service provider specified by the Minister in an instrument in writing; and (ii) signed by the medical adviser who carried it out; or (b) it is a certificate issued by a health service provider specified by the Minister in an instrument in writing in relation to a review of an opinion in a certificate mentioned in paragraph (a), that was carried out by the health services provider in accordance with its procedures.]

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