EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Migration Regulations 1994
INSTITUTIONS AND DISCIPLINES
(CLAUSE 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 including the Association of Consulting Engineers Australia (ACEA), the Chamber of Minerals and Energy Western Australia, the Minerals Council of Australia, the Australian Mines and Metals Association and the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association.
6. This Instrument, IMMI 08/059, commences on 9 August 2008.