EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Migration Regulations 1994
INSTITUTIONS AND DISCIPLINES
(REGULATION 476.212)
- This Instrument is made under clause 476.212 of Schedule 2 to the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations’).
2. Paragraph 476.212(b) of Schedule 2 to the Regulations provides that the Minister may, in an Instrument in writing, specify educational institutions for the purposes of the paragraph. Clause 476.212 of Schedule 2 to the Regulations provides that the Minister may, in an Instrument in writing, specify a discipline for the purposes of this clause.
3. The purpose of the Instrument is to specify a discipline of study and the overseas educational institution where that course of study must have been undertaken and completed for an applicant to be eligible for the grant of a Skilled – Recognised Graduate, subclass 476 visa.
4. The Instrument operates to enable the Minister to specify what qualification, obtained from an educational institution also specified by the Minister, applicants for a Skilled –Recognised Graduate need to have.
5. Consultation was undertaken before the instrument was made with key industry bodies.
6. This Instrument, IMMI 07/062, commences on 1 September 2007.