EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Migration Regulations 1994
ADDRESSES FOR TRADE SKILLS TRAINING SPONSOR AND VISA APPLICATIONS
(REGULATIONS 1.20UK(4) AND 1220B(3)(e))
- This Instrument is made under regulations 1.17, 1.20UK(4) and 1220B(3)(e) of the Migration Regulations 1994.
2. Regulation 1.17 provides that the Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette, specify matters required to be specified by individual provisions of the Regulations.
3. Subregulation 1.20UK(4) provides that an application for approval as a trade skills training sponsor must be made by sending the application by post, courier service, or facsimile to the address specified in the Instrument.
4. Paragraph 1220B(3)(e) provides that an application by a person seeking to satisfy the criteria for the grant of a trade skills training visa must be made by sending the application by post, courier service, or facsimile to the address specified in the Instrument.
5. The purpose of the Instrument is to specify the addresses where applications for trade skills training sponsorship and visas must be made.
6. The Instrument operates to require that all applications for trade skills training sponsorship and visas must be made by sending those applications to the DIMIA Business and Regional Engagement Branch at the Brisbane DIMIA office.
7. Pursuant to section 18 of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003 consultation was deemed to be unnecessary as the Instrument is of a minor or machinery nature.
8. The Instrument commences on 1 November 2005.