# Prescribed evidence of English language proficiency (Act, s 5(2)(b))

> reg-5.17 — as in force on 2026-06-01 — F2026C00497 · Compilation No. 287 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2026C00497/latest/text

5.17 Prescribed evidence of English language proficiency (Act, s 5(2)(b))
               For the purposes of paragraph 5(2)(b) of the Act (dealing with whether a person
               has functional English), the evidence referred to in each of the following
               paragraphs is prescribed evidence of the English language proficiency of a
               person:







                 (a) evidence specified by the Minister in an instrument in writing for this
                     paragraph;
                 (c) evidence that:
                       (i) the person holds an award (being a degree, a higher degree, a diploma
                           or a trade certificate) that required at least 2 years of full-time study or
                           training; and
                      (ii) all instruction (including instruction received in other courses for
                           which the person was allowed credit) for that award was conducted in
                           English;
                 (d) if evidence referred to in paragraph (a) cannot be provided by the person—
                     evidence that the person has been determined by the Minister, on the basis
                     of an interview with the person, to have functional English.