Commonwealth of Australia

Migration Regulations 1994

TYPES OF COURSES FOR STUDENT VISAS

(REGULATION 1.40A)

I, CHRIS BOWEN, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, acting under regulation 1.40A of the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations’):

1. REVOKE the Gazette Notice IMMI 05/055 signed on 20 June 2005 (and published in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette No GN25 on 29 June 2005) specifying types of courses for the purposes of regulation 1.40A of the Regulations;  AND

2.                   SPECIFY, for the purposes of regulation 1.40A, the types of courses set out in Schedule 1 to this instrument for the corresponding visa subclass set out in that Schedule.

This Instrument, number IMMI 10/069, commences on 1 January 2011.

Dated  17 November 2010

CHRIS BOWEN

Minister for Immigration and Citizenship

[NOTE 1: Regulation 1.40A provides the Minister must specify by instrument in writing the types of courses for each subclass of student visa, except Subclass 576 (AusAID or Defence Sector).

NOTE 2: “Student visa” is defined in regulation 1.03 of the Regulations and means any of the following subclasses of a visa: (a) a Subclass 570 (Independent and ELICOS Sector) visa; (b) a Subclass 571(Schools Sector) visa; (c) a Subclass 572 (Vocation Education and Training Sector) visa; (d) a Subclass 573 (Higher Education Sector) visa;  (e) a Subclass 574 (Postgraduate Research Sector) visa; (f) a Subclass 575 (Non-Award Sector) visa; (g) a Subclass 576 (AUSAID or Defence Sector) visa.]

Schedule 1