Migration Regulations 1994 Specification of Regional Certifying Bodies and Post Codes Defining Regional Australia for Certain Visas IMMI 08/020 (Cth)
Commonwealth of Australia
Migration Regulations 1994
REGIONAL CERTIFYING BODIES AND POST CODES DEFINING REGIONAL AUSTRALIA FOR CERTAIN VISAS
(PARAGRAPH 5.19(4)(e), SUBREGULATION 5.19(5), PARAGRAPHS 1.20GA(1)(e) and 2.43(1)(la))
I, CHRIS EVANS, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, acting under regulation 1.17, subregulation 5.19(5), paragraphs 5.19(4)(e), 1.20GA(1)(e) and 2.43(1)(la) of the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations’):
REVOKE Instrument Number IMMI 07/075, signed on 19 September 2007, specifying bodies for the purposes of paragraphs 5.19(4)(e) and 1.20GA(1)(e) of the Regulations and approving those bodies for the purposes of clause 471.229G of Schedule 2, specifying a part of Australia for the purposes of subregulation 5.19(5), and specifying an area for the purposes of paragraph 2.43(1)(la) of the Regulations;
SPECIFY each of the bodies listed in Schedule A to this Instrument as bodies for the purposes of paragraphs 5.19(4)(e) and 1.20GA(1)(e) of the Regulations;
SPECIFY the part of Australia, to which the postcodes listed in Schedule B to this Instrument are applicable, as a part of Australia for the purposes of subregulation 5.19(5) of the Regulations; and
SPECIFY the whole area of Australia, except for those areas to which the postcodes listed in Schedule B to this Instrument are applicable, as the area of Australia for the purposes of paragraph 2.43(1)(la) of the Regulations.
This Instrument, IMMI 08/020, commences on the day after registration on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.
Dated 12 May 2008
CHRIS EVANS
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 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 paragraphs 5.19(4)(a), (b) and (c).
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 for this definition.
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 | |
| ACT Chief Minister’s Department | |
| New South Wales | |
| NSW Department of State and Regional Development | |
| Central NSW | |
| Central Western Regional Development Board Inc. | |
| Orana Area Consultative Committee Inc. | |
| Northern NSW | |
| Clarence Valley Business Development Board Limited | |
| Hunter Economic Development Corporation | |
| Mid North Coast Regional Development Board Inc. | |
| Northern Inland Regional Development Board Inc. | |
| Northern Rivers Regional Development Board Inc. | |
| Port Macquarie Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc. | |
| Small Business Centre New England & North-West | |
| Eastern NSW | |
| Business Central Coast Inc. | |
| Southern NSW | |
| Capital Region Development Board | |
| Illawarra Regional Development Board Inc. | |
| Murray Regional Development Board Inc. | |
| Riverina Regional Development Board Inc. | |
| Western NSW | |
| Far Western Regional Development Board Inc. | |
| Northern Territory | |
| Department of Business, Economic and Regional Development | |
| Queensland | |
| Commerce Queensland (Brisbane) | |
| South East QLD | |
| Commerce Queensland (Gold Coast) | |
| Commerce Queensland (Sunshine Coast) | |
| Commerce Queensland (Toowoomba) | |
| South West QLD | |
| Roma Regional Council | |
| Commerce Queensland (Toowoomba) | |
SCHEDULE A [cont.] | |
| Central QLD | |
| Central Western Queensland Remote Area Planning and Development Board Inc. | |
| Commerce Queensland (Rockhampton) | |
| Mount Isa Chamber of Commerce Inc. | |
| Winton Shire Council | |
| Gladstone Area Promotion and Development Limited | |
| Central Queensland Area Consultative Committee Inc. | |
| North QLD | |
| Cairns Chamber of Commerce Inc. | |
| Cape York Peninsula Development Association Inc. | |
| Commerce Queensland (Cairns) | |
| Commerce Queensland (Mackay) | |
| Commerce Queensland (Townsville) | |
| Gulf Savannah Development Inc. | |
| Townsville Enterprise Limited | |
| South Australia | |
| SA Department of Trade and Economic Development – Immigration SA | |
| Tasmania | |
| Department of Economic Development | |
| Victoria | |
| Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development | |
| 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 Inc. | |
| 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 | |
| Small Business Development Corporation | |
| South West Development Commission | |
| Wheatbelt Development Commission | |
| SCHEDULE B | |
| REGION | POSTCODES |
| Australian Capital Territory | Entire Territory |
| New South Wales (Except Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong) | 2250 to 2251 – (Central Coast) 2256 to 2263 – (Central Coast) |
| Northern Territory | Entire Territory |
| Queensland (Except the greater Brisbane area and the Gold Coast) | 4124 to 4125 4133 |
| South Australia | Entire State |
| Tasmania | Entire State |
| SCHEDULE B [Cont.] | |
| Victoria (Except Melbourne metropolitan area) | 3211 to 3334 3340 to 3424 |
| Western Australia (Except Perth and surrounding areas) | 6041 to 6044 6083 to 6084 6200 to 6799 |
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