Migration Legislation Amendment (Graduate Visas No. 2) Instrument (LIN 24/086) 2024
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Migration Legislation Amendment (Graduate Visas No. 2) Instrument (LIN 24/086) 2024
I, Julian Hill, Assistant Minister for Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs, make the following instrument.
Dated  13 December 2024
Julian Hill
Assistant Minister for Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs
Contents
1  Name...................................................1
2  Commencement............................................1
3  Authority................................................1
4  Schedules................................................1
Schedule 1—Amendments 2
Migration (Specification of Degrees) Instrument (LIN 24/048) 2024 2
Schedule 2—Amendments 3
Migration (Specification under clause 485.231 – Educational Institutions) Instrument (LIN 23/021) 2023 3
1  Name
  This instrument is the Migration Legislation Amendment (Graduate Visas No. 2) Instrument (LIN 24/086) 2024.
2  Commencement
  This instrument commences immediately after the Migration Amendment (Graduate Visas No. 2) Regulations 2024 commence.
3  Authority
  This instrument is made under the following provisions of the Migration Regulations 1994:
 (a) subclause 485.231(1) of Schedule 2; and
 (b) subclause 485.231(2) of Schedule 2.
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  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.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 (Specification of Degrees) Instrument (LIN 24/048) 2024
1  Section 5 (heading)
Omit “degrees”, substitute “degree”.
2  Section 5
Omit “each of the following degrees that are awarded as a qualification at level 7 or higher of the Australian Qualifications Framework is specified”, substitute “each degree is specified as follows, where that degree is awarded as a qualification at level 7 or higher of the Australian Qualifications Framework:”
3  Section 5
Repeal paragraph 5(c).
4  After section 6
Insert:
7  Application of amendments made by LIN 24/086
  The amendments made by the Migration Legislation Amendment (Graduate Visas No. 2) Instrument (LIN 24/086) 2024 apply in relation to an application for a visa made on or after the commencement of that instrument.

Schedule 2—Amendments
Migration (Specification under clause 485.231 – Educational Institutions) Instrument (LIN 23/021) 2023
1  Paragraph (a)(ii)
Omit “and”, substitute “or”.