# Migration Legislation Amendment (Graduate Visas) Instrument (LIN 24/044) 2024

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Migration Legislation Amendment (Graduate Visas) Instrument (LIN 24/044) 2024
I, Clare O’Neil, Minister for Home Affairs, make the following instrument.
Dated   12 June 2024 
Clare O’Neil
Minister for Home Affairs
1  Name
  This instrument is the Migration Legislation Amendment (Graduate Visas) Instrument (LIN 24/044) 2024.
2  Commencement
  This instrument commences at the same time as the Migration Amendment (Graduate Visas) Regulations 2024.
3  Authority
  This instrument is made under the following provisions of the Migration Regulations 1994:
 (a) subregulation 2.07(5);
 (b) paragraph 1229(2A)(b) of Schedule 1;
 (c) clauses 476.212, 476.213 and 485.212 of Schedule 2.
Note: See subsection 33(3) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 (Power to make instrument includes power to vary or revoke etc. instrument).
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  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.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 of LIN 20/162
Migration (Arrangements for Certain Skilled and Temporary Graduate Visa Applications) Instrument (LIN 20/162) 2020
1  Section 7
Repeal the section.

Schedule 2—Amendments of LIN 24/021
Migration (English Language Requirements for Subclass 476 (Skilled – Recognised Graduate) and Subclass 485 (Temporary Graduate) Visas) Instrument (LIN 24/021) 2024
1  Title
Omit “Subclass 476 (Skilled – Recognised Graduate) and”.
2  Section 1
Omit “Subclass 476 (Skilled – Recognised Graduate) and”.
3  Section 3
Omit “clauses 476.213 and”, substitute “clause”.
4  Section 5
Omit “subparagraphs 476.213(a)(i) and”, substitute “subparagraph”.
5  Section 6
Omit “subparagraphs 476.213(a)(ii) and”, substitute “subparagraph”.
6  Section 7
Omit “subparagraphs 476.213(a)(ii) and”, substitute “subparagraph”.
7  Section 8
Omit “paragraphs 476.213(b) and”, substitute “paragraph”.
8 After section 10
Insert:
11  Application of amendments made by LIN 24/044
  The amendments made by the Migration Legislation Amendment (Graduate Visas) Instrument (LIN 24/044) 2024 apply in relation to an application for a Skilled (Provisional) (Class VC) visa made on or after the commencement of that instrument.

Schedule 3—Repeals
Migration (Specified Qualifications Applicable for Extension of Subclass 485 Visa) Instrument (LIN 23/048) 2023
1  The whole of the instrument
Repeal the instrument.
Migration (Institutions and Disciplines for Subclass 476) (LIN 24/015) Specification 2024
2  The whole of the instrument
Repeal the instrument.