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Migration Regulations 1994

POINTS FOR BUSINESS INNOVATION STREAM AND INVESTOR STREAM OF BUSINESS INNOVATION AND INVESTMENT (PROVISIONAL) VISA

(Subclauses 188.222(1) and 188.242(1))

I, CHRIS BOWEN, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, acting under subclauses 188.222(1) and 188.242(1) of Schedule 2 to the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations’):

1. SPECIFY for the purposes of subclauses 188.222(1) and 188.242(1) of Schedule 2 to the Regulations, that the minimum number of points for both the Business innovation stream and the Investor stream of the Business Innovation and Investment (Provisional) visa under the business innovation and investment points test is 65 points.

This Instrument, IMMI 12/041, commences on 1 July 2012, immediately after the commencement of Migration Amendment Regulation 2012 (No. 2).

Dated 12 June 2012

Minister for Immigration and Citizenship

Chris Bowen

[NOTE 1: Subclause 188.222(1) provides that the applicant’s score on the business innovation and investment points test is not less than the number of points specified by the Minister in an instrument in writing for that subclause.

NOTE 2: Subclause 188.242(1) provides that the applicant’s score on the business innovation and investment points test is not less than the number of points specified by the Minister in an instrument in writing for that subclause.]