EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

Migration Regulations 1994

FEES FOR ASSESSMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE (SUBREGULATION 5.40(1))

1. This Instrument is made under subregulation 5.40(1) of the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations’).

2.                  Subregulation 5.40(1) of the Regulations provides that the fee payable to an Agency (within the meaning of the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997) for an application for assessment for the purposes of the Act of a person’s occupational qualifications or experience (or both), an application for assessment for the purposes of the Act of a person’s educational qualifications, and an application for internal review of an assessment, is the fee specified by the Minister in an instrument in writing for this regulation.

3.                   The purpose of the Instrument is to specify the fees payable to the Trades Recognition Australia (TRA) within the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) for certain applications for assessment for the purposes of the Migration Act 1958 (the Act).  The DEEWR is an agency within the meaning of the FMA Act.

4.                   The specified fees do not exceed the cost to the Commonwealth for providing the service.
 

5.                   This instrument specifies the following fees, payable for assessing the qualifications and experience of certain migration applicants nominating occupations where TRA is the relevant assessing authority, for the purposes of the paragraph 5.40(1)(a).

6.                   The specified fees have been set as follows:

• an application for assessment of a person’s occupational qualifications or experience (or both) for the purpose of a Provisional Skills Assessment: AUD 300;
• an application for access and monitoring over the 12 month employer period of a workplace journal and workplace monitoring visits for the purpose of the Job Ready Employment Assessment: AUD 500;
• an application for a practical assessment of a person’s occupational skills and experience in the workplace for the purpose of the Job Ready Workplace Assessment: AUD 2000;
• an application for an assessment and validation of a person’s supporting documents demonstrating completion of all elements of the Job Ready Program for the purpose of the Final Job Ready Assessment for the Job Ready Program: AUD 150;
• an application for an assessment of a person’s occupational qualifications or experience (or both) and assessment of a person’s educational qualifications other than for the purpose of the Job Ready Program: AUD 300;
• an application for an assessment of a person’s educational qualifications: AUD 300;
• an application for an internal review of assessment of an assessment of a person’s occupational qualifications or experience (or both): AUD 300.

7. Consultation with DEEWR was undertaken before the instrument was made.

8. The Office of Best Practice Regulation has advised that a Regulatory Impact Statement is not required because there is little or no compliance cost on business and no other impacts on business and individuals or on the economy or on competition.

9. The Instrument, IMMI 10/052, commences on 17 November 2010.