Migration Regulations 1994 - Specification of Occupations and Locations - March 2005

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Commonwealth of Australia

Migration Regulations 1994

SPECIFICATION OF OCCUPATIONS AND LOCATIONS FOR THE PURPOSES OF PARAGRAPH 5.19(2)(h), SALARIES FOR THE PURPOSES OF PARAGRAPH 5.19(2)(i), SUBPARAGRAPHS 121.211(b)(ii) AND 856.213(b)(ii), AND RELEVANT ASSESSING AUTHORITIES FOR THE PURPOSES OF SUB-SUBPARAGRAPHS 121.211(b)(i)(A) AND 856.213(b)(i)(A) OF THE MIGRATION REGULATIONS 1994

I, AMANDA VANSTONE, Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs, acting under regulation 1.17 and subregulation 5.19(2), subparagraphs 121.211(b)(ii) and 856.213(b)(ii), and sub-subparagraphs 121.211(b)(i)(A) and 856.213(b)(i)(A) of the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations’) hereby:

1. SPECIFY each occupation listed in the Schedule to this notice for the purposes of subparagraph 5.19(2)(h)(i) of the Regulations;

2. SPECIFY each person or body listed in the Schedule to this notice as the relevant assessing authority for the corresponding occupation listed in the Schedule for the purposes of sub-subparagraphs 121.211(b)(i)(A) and 856.213(b)(i)(A) of the Regulations;

3. SPECIFY all of Australia as a location for each occupation listed in the Schedule to this notice for the purposes of subparagraph 5.19(2)(h)(ii) of the Regulations;

4. SPECIFY each base annual salary amount listed in the Schedule to this notice for the corresponding occupation and location listed in the Schedule for the purposes of paragraph 5.19(2)(i) of the Regulations; AND

5. SPECIFY the base annual salary amount of AUD151,500 for the purposes of subparagraphs 121.211(b)(ii) and 856.213(b)(ii) of the Regulations.

This takes effect on and from 2 April 2005.

Dated 17 March 2005

AMANDA VANSTONE

Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs

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

NOTE 2: Regulation 5.19 deals with approval of nominated positions (employer nominations). Subparagraph 5.19(2)(h)(i) relevantly provides that the tasks to be performed in the nominated position correspond to the tasks of an occupation specified in a Gazette Notice in force for this subparagraph at the time at which the application for approval of the nominated position is made.

NOTE 3: Subparagraph 5.19(2)(h)(ii) provides that the tasks to be performed in the nominated position will be carried out in a location specified, for the relevant occupation, in a Gazette Notice in force for this subparagraph at the time at which the application for approval of the nominated position is made.

NOTE 4: Paragraph 5.19(2)(i) provides that the employee will be paid a salary in the nominated position that is at least the salary specified, for the relevant occupation and location, in a Gazette Notice in force for this paragraph at the time at which the application for approval of the nominated position is made.

NOTE 5: Subparagraphs 121.211(b)(ii) and 856.213(b)(ii) provide the applicant will be paid a salary in the nominated position that is at least the amount of salary specified in a Gazette Notice for these subparagraphs.

NOTE 6: Sub-subparagraphs 121.211(b)(i)(A) and 856.213(b)(ii) provide an assessing authority specified by the Minister in a Gazette Notice for these sub-subparagraphs as the assessing authority for the occupation to which the appointment relates has assessed the applicant’s skills as suitable.]

Schedule

* For occupations which have a mandatory requirement for a person to hold a licence or registration of a particular kind, or to be a member (or a member of a particular kind) of a particular professional body, in order for that person to work in Australia in that occupation, the relevant Assessing Authority is the body specified in column 2 of this table or the body which administers the licence, registration or membership for that occupation.

For persons who are nominated by an Australian university or by the Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), the relevant Assessing Authority is the body specified in column 2 of this table or the nominating Australian university or CSIRO.

For occupations which have TRA * (TRA * des Recognition Australia) listed as the Assessing Authority in column 2 of this table, the relevant Assessing Authority is TRA or the Department of Industrial Relations, or a body nominated by that department for the purpose of trade skills assessment, in the State or Territory where the visa applicant has been nominated to work.

NOTE 1: ASCO Code – ASCO code references are those contained in McLennan, W, ASCO – Australian Standard Classification of Occupations, Second Edition, Australian Bureau of Statistics, 1997.

NOTE 2: The Assessing Authorities given in column 2 of this table are:

AACA Architects Accreditation Council of Australia Inc

AASW Australian Association of Social Workers

ACOPRA Australian Council of Physiotherapy Regulating Authorities Ltd

ACS Australian Computer Society

ADC Australian Dental Council

AIM Australian Institute of Management

AIMS Australian Institute of Medical Scientists

AIQS Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors

AIR Australian Institute of Radiography

AIWCW Australian Institute of Welfare and Community Workers

AMSA Australian Maritime Safety Authority

ANC Australian Nursing Council

ANZSNM Australian and New Zealand Society of Nuclear Medicine

APC Australian Podiatry Council

APEC Australian Pharmacy Examining Council Incorporated

APS Australian Psychological Society

AVBC Australasian Veterinary Boards Council Inc.

CASA Civil Aviation Safety Authority

COTRB Council of Occupational Therapists Registration Boards Inc

CPAA Certified Practising Accountants Australia

DAA Dieticians Association of Australia

ICAA Institute of Chartered Accountants of Australia

IEAust Institution of Engineers, Australia

ISA Institute of Surveyors, Australia

NAATI National Accreditation Authority for translators and Interpreters

NIA The National Institute of Accountants

NOOSR National Office of Overseas Skills Recognition

OCANZ Optometry Council of Australia and New Zealand

SCORB State Chiropractors/Osteopaths Registration Board

SPA Speech Pathology Association of Australia

SLAA State Legal Admission Authority

TRA Trades Recognition Australia

VETASSESS Vocational Education and Training Assessment Services