Migration Regulations 1994 Specification of Regional Certifying Bodies and Post Codes Defining Regional Australia for Certain Visas IMMI 05/060 (Cth)

Commonwealth of Australia

Migration Act 1958

Migration Regulations 1994

SPECIFICATION OF BODIES FOR THE PURPOSES OF PARAGRAPHS 5.19(4)(e) AND 1.20GA(1)(e), PARTS OF AUSTRALIA FOR THE PURPOSES OF SUBREGULATION 5.19(5) AND AREAS FOR THE PURPOSES OF PARAGRAPH 2.43(1)(la) OF THE MIGRATION REGULATIONS 1994

I, AMANDA VANSTONE, Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs, acting under regulation 1.17 and paragraphs 5.19(4)(e) and 1.20GA(1)(e), subregulation 5.19(5) and paragraph 2.43(1)(la), and of the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations’) hereby:

1. REVOKE the Gazette Notice signed on 22 October 2002 specifying bodies for the purposes of paragraphs 5.19(4)(e) and 1.20GA(1)(e) of the Regulations and specifying areas for the purposes of paragraph 2.43(1)(la) of the Regulations;

1. SPECIFY each of the bodies listed in Schedule A to this notice as bodies for the purposes of paragraphs 5.19(4)(e) and 1.20GA(1)(e) of the Regulations;

1. SPECIFY the part of Australia, all the postcodes of which are listed in Schedule B to this notice, as the part of Australia for the purposes of subregulation 5.19(5) of the Regulations; and

1. SPECIFY the area of Australia, all the postcodes of which are NOT listed in Schedule B to this notice, as the area of Australia for the purposes of paragraph 2.43(1)(la) of the Regulations.

Dated 6 July 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:  Paragraph 5.19(4)(e) provides that only a body that has been specified for the purposes of that paragraph may certify that an employer nomination meets the requirements of subregulation 5.19(4).

NOTE 3:  Paragraph 1.20GA(1)(e) provides that only a body that has been specified for the purposes of that paragraph may certify that a nomination meets the requirements of paragraphs 1.20GA(1)(a), (b), (c) and (d).

NOTE 4:  Subregulation 5.19(5) provides that regional Australia means a part of Australia specified by Gazette Notice.

NOTE 5:  Paragraph 2.43(1)(la) sets out a prescribed ground for cancelling a visa under section 116 of the Migration Act 1958 and relevantly provides that in the case of the holder of a Subclass 457 (Business (Long Stay)) visa who was granted the visa on the basis of being employed in Australia by a business sponsor, and in respect of whom there is a nomination of an activity under regulation 1.20GA, that the visa holder is living or working within an area specified in a Gazette Notice for that paragraph.]

Schedule A

Australian Capital Territory

Business and Tourism – Chief Minister’s Department

New South Wales

NSW Department of State and Regional Development

Central NSW

Central Western Regional Development Board

Orana Development & Employment Council

Northern NSW

Clarence Valley Business Development Board Limited

Hunter Councils Inc.

Mid North Coast Regional Development Board

Northern Rivers Regional Development Board

Port Macquarie Chamber of Commerce Inc.

Small Business Centre New England & North-West

The New England – North West Regional Development Board

Eastern NSW

Business Central Coast Inc.

Southern NSW

Albury Wodonga Business Limited

Australian Capital Region Development Council

Illawarra Regional Development Board

Murray Regional Development Board

Riverina Regional Development Board

Western NSW

Far Western Regional Development Board

Northern Territory

Department of Business, Industry & Resource Development

Queensland

Department of State Development and Innovation

Schedule A [cont.]

Central Queensland

Central Western Queensland Remote Area Planning and Development Board
Commerce Queensland – Rockhampton

Mount Isa Chamber of Commerce

Winton Shire Council

North Queensland

Cairns Chamber of Commerce Inc.

Cape York Peninsula Development Association Inc.

Commerce Queensland – Mackay

Gulf Savannah Development Inc.

Townsville Enterprise Limited

South Australia

Department of Premier and Cabinet.

Tasmania

Multicultural Tasmania

Victoria

Department for Victorian Communities

Regional Development Victoria – Ballarat

Regional Development Victoria – Bendigo

Regional Development Victoria – Geelong

Regional Development Victoria – Mildura

Regional Development Victoria – Shepparton

Regional Development Victoria  – Traralgon

Regional Development Victoria – Wangaratta

Regional Development Victoria – Wodonga

Swan Hill Rural City Council

Warrnambool City Council

Wimmera Development Association

Schedule A [cont.]

Western Australia

Gascoyne Development Commission

Goldfields Esperance Development Commission

Great Southern Development Commission

Kimberley Development Commission

Mid West Development Commission

Peel Development Commission

Pilbara Development Commission

South West Development Commission

Wheat belt Development Commission

Schedule B
REGION	POST CODES
Australian Capital Territory	Entire Territory
New South Wales (Except Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong)	2250 to 2251 – (Central Coast) 2256 to 2263 – (Central Coast) 2311 to 2312 2328 to 2411 2420 to 2490 2536 to 2551 2575 to 2594 2618 to 2739 2787 to 2898
Northern Territory	Entire Territory
Queensland (Except the greater Brisbane area and the Gold Coast)	4124 to 4125 4133 4211 4270 to 4272 4275 4280 4285 4287 4307 to 4499 4515 4517 to 4519 4522 to 4899
South Australia	Entire State
Tasmania	Entire State
Victoria (Except Melbourne metropolitan area)	3211 to 3334 3340 to 3424 3430 to 3649 3658 to 3749 3753 3756 3758 3762 3764 3778 to 3781 3783 3797 3799 3810 to 3909 3921 to 3925 3945 to 3974 3979 3981 to 3996
Western Australia (Except Perth and surrounding areas)	6041 to 6044 6083 to 6084 6121 to 6126 6200 to 6799