Migration Regulations 1994 - Specification under subitems 6C91(a) and (b) - Credentialled Community Language Qualifications - June 2011

Commonwealth of Australia

Migration Regulations 1994

CREDENTIALLED COMMUNITY LANGUAGE QUALIFICATIONS

(SUBITEMS 6C91(a) and (b))

I, CHRIS BOWEN, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, acting under subitems 6C91(a) and (b) of Part 6C.9 of Schedule 6C to the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations’):

1. SPECIFY for the purposes of subitem 6C91(a) the National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters (NAATI) as a credentialled community language body; and

2. SPECIFY the standard for the purposes of subitem 6C91(b) as accreditation at the paraprofessional interpreter or translator level or above.

This Instrument number IMMI 11/038, commences on 1 July 2011, immediately after the commencement of Migration Amendment Regulations 2011 (No. 3).

Dated 16 June 2011

CHRIS BOWEN

Minister for Immigration and Citizenship

[NOTE 1: Item 6C91 of the Regulations provides that the applicant has a qualification in a particular language awarded or accredited by a body specified by the Minister in an instrument in writing and at a standard for the language specified in the instrument.]