Immigration (Education) Act 1971 Specification under subsection 3(2) Procedures or Standards for Functional English December 2010 (Cth)

Commonwealth of Australia

Immigration (Education) Act 1971

PROCEDURES OR STANDARDS FOR FUNCTIONAL ENGLISH

(SUBSECTION 3(2))

I, CHRIS BOWEN, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, acting under subsection 3(2) of the Immigration (Education) Act 1971 (‘the Act’), SPECIFY, for the purposes of the definition of Functional English in subsection 3(1) of the Act that Functional English is basic social proficiency in English assessed at International Standard Language Proficiency Rating 2 across all four macro skills (reading, writing, listening and speaking).

This Instrument, IMMI 10/057, commences on 1 January 2011.

Dated 8 December 2010

CHRIS BOWEN

Minister for Immigration and Citizenship

[NOTE 1: Subsection 3(2) of the Act provides that the Minister may, by legislative instrument, specify procedures or standards for the purposes of the definition of functional English in subsection 3(1).

NOTE 2: Subsection 3(1) of the Act provides that a person has functional English if the provider of an approved English course determines, in accordance with any procedures or standards specified by the Minister under subsection 3(2), that the person has functional English.]