EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Migration Regulations 1994
ELIGIBLE EDUCATION PROVIDERS AND EDUCATIONAL BUSINESS PARTNERS
(Clauses 573.112, 574.112 and 575.112)
- This Instrument is made under clauses 573.112, 574.112 and 575.112 of Schedule 2 to the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations’).
2. The purpose of this Instrument is to revoke IMMI 14/007 and to specify eligible education providers and their educational business partners for subclass 573 Higher Education Sector and 574 Postgraduate Research Sector Student visas and to specify eligible education providers for subclass 575 Non-award Sector Student visas. The Instrument specifies that educational business partners are linked to a particular eligible education provider.
3. The Instrument operates to reflect modifications to the details of education providers participating in the streamlined visa processing arrangements, including eligible education providers and their educational business partners. The Instrument includes the addition of educational business partners, removal of some educational business partners and updating the details of some educational business partners already specified.
4. Eligible education providers were consulted before the Instrument was made. Eligible education providers were given the opportunity to confirm details of their educational business partner nominations.
5. The Office of Best Practice Regulation has advised that a Regulatory Impact Statement is not required (OBPR Reference 14615).
6. Under section 44 of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003 the Instrument is exempt from disallowance and therefore a Human Rights Statement of Compatibility is not required.
7. The Instrument, IMMI 14/047, commences on 1 July 2014.