Migration Regulations 1994 Specification under regulations 846.111, 855.111, 856.111 and 857.111 Health Waiver Participating States and Territories August 2009 (Cth)

Commonwealth of Australia

Migration Regulations 1994

HEALTH WAIVER – PARTICIPATING STATES AND TERRITORIES

(REGULATIONS 846.111, 855.111, 856.111, 857.111)

I, CHRIS EVANS, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, acting under clauses 846.111, 855.111, 856.111 and 857.111 of Schedule 2 to the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations’):

1.   REVOKE Instrument number IMMI 08/113 signed 22 March 2009 and IMMI 09/036 signed 16 April 2009 and IMMI 09/074 signed 23 June 2009; AND

2.   SPECIFY for the purposes of the definition of participating State or Territory in clauses 846.111, 855.111, 856.111 and 857.111 of Schedule 2 to the Regulations, applies to the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria, Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland and Tasmania.

This Instrument, IMMI 09/102, commences on 14 September 2009.

Dated                     03 August 2009

CHRIS EVANS

Minister for Immigration and Citizenship

[NOTE 1: Clauses 846.111, 855.111, 856.111 and 857.111 of Schedule 2 to the Regulations allow the Minister to specify in an instrument in writing a State or Territory that is a participating State or Territory for the purposes of those clauses.

NOTE 2:         This Instrument is made for the purposes of the following visa subclasses: subclass 846 (State/Territory Sponsored Regional Established Business in Australia), subclass 855 (Labour Agreement), subclass 856 (Employer Nomination Scheme) and subclass 857 (Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme).]