# Migration (Assessing Authorities for Subclass 494 Visas) Amendment Instrument (LIN 22/054) 2022 > F2022L00679 — as made — Status: Repealed — Made/registered 2022-05-05 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2022L00679/latest/text > _As-made (original) text, reproduced from the Federal Register of Legislation (legislation.gov.au) under CC BY 4.0. For amended instruments the current compilation may differ; confirm against the official source._ Migration (Assessing Authorities for Subclass 494 Visas) Amendment Instrument (LIN 22/054) 2022 I, Alex Hawke, Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs, make the following instrument. Dated 7 April 2022 Alex Hawke Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs Contents 1 Name 2 Commencement 3 Authority 4 Schedules Schedule 1—Amendments Migration (LIN 19/260: Assessing Authorities for Subclass 494 Visas) Instrument 2019 1  Name   This instrument is the Migration (Assessing Authorities for Subclass 494 Visas) Amendment Instrument (LIN 22/054) 2022. 2  Commencement  (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms. Commencement information Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Provisions Commencement Date/Details 1.  The whole of this instrument The day after this instrument is registered. 6 May 2022 Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.  (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument. 3  Authority   This instrument is made under subclause 494.224(6) of Schedule 2 to the Migration Regulations 1994. 4  Schedules   Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms. Schedule 1—Amendments Migration (LIN 19/260: Assessing Authorities for Subclass 494 Visas) Instrument 2019 1  Subsection 6(1) (table items 1 and 2, column 2) Omit “AIM”, substitute “IML”. 2  Subsection 6(1) (table item 4, column 2, paragraph (b)) Omit “AIM”, substitute “IML”. 3  Subsection 6(1) (table item 10, column 2) Omit “ACWA”, substitute “ACS”. 4  Subsection 7(1) (table items 24, 25, 26, 29, 39 and 40, column 2) Omit “AIM”, substitute “IML”. 5  Subsection 7(1) (table item 141, column 2) Omit “VETASSESS”, substitute “the assessing authority for the occupation under subsection (3)”. 6  At the end of section 7 Add:  (3) For the purposes of item 141 of the table in subsection (1), the assessing authority is:  (a) for an information and organisation professional (nec) other than a data scientist—VETASSESS; and  (b) for an information and organisation professional (nec) that is a data scientist—ACS. Note: For the meaning of VETASSESS and ACS, see section 9. 7  Section 9 (table item 8) Repeal the item. 8  Section 9 (table item 9, column 2) Omit “Australian Institute of Medical Scientists”, substitute “Australian Institute of Medical and Clinical Scientists”. 9  Section 9 (after table item 28) Insert: 28A IML Institute of Managers and Leaders Limited 10  At the end of the instrument Add: Part 3—Application and savings provisions 10  Amendments made by the Migration (Assessing Authorities for Subclass 494 Visas) Amendment Instrument (LIN 22/054) 2022 New assessing authorities specified for visa applications made on or after commencement regardless of when application for assessment is made  (1) The amendments of this instrument made by Schedule 1 to the Migration (Assessing Authorities for Subclass 494 Visas) Amendment Instrument (LIN 22/054) 2022 (the amending instrument) apply in relation to an application for a Subclass 494 (Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (Provisional)) visa:  (a) if the application is made on or after the day the amending instrument commences; and  (b) regardless of whether the application for the skills assessment for the purposes of paragraph 1242(5)(a) of Schedule 1 or paragraph 494.224(2)(a) or subparagraph (4)(a)(iii) of Schedule 2 to the Regulations was made before, on or after that day. Previous assessing authorities also specified for visa applications made on or after commencement if application for assessment is made before commencement  (2) For the purposes of subsection 494.224(6) of Schedule 2 to the Regulations, a person or body listed in column 2 of an item of the following table is also specified as the assessing authority for the occupation listed in column 1 of the item in relation to an application for a Subclass 494 (Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (Provisional)) visa if:  (a) the application for the visa is made on or after the day the amending instrument commences; and  (b) the application for the skills assessment for the purposes of paragraph 1242(5)(a) of Schedule 1 or paragraph 494.224(2)(a) or subparagraph (4)(a)(iii) of Schedule 2 to the Regulations was made before the day the amending instrument commences. Assessing authorities Item Column 1 Occupation Column 2 Assessing authority 1 chief executive or managing director Australian Institute of Management 2 corporate general manager Australian Institute of Management 3 engineering manager Australian Institute of Management 4 medical laboratory scientist Australian Institute of Medical Scientists 5 sales and marketing manager Australian Institute of Management 6 advertising manager Australian Institute of Management 7 public relations manager Australian Institute of Management 8 human resource manager Australian Institute of Management 9 supply and distribution manager Australian Institute of Management 10 procurement manager Australian Institute of Management 11 information and organisation professionals (nec) VETASSESS 12 medical laboratory technician Australian Institute of Medical Scientists 13 pathology collector (Aus) / phlebotomist (NZ) Australian Institute of Medical Scientists