Migration (LIN 18/170: Professional Year Programs) Instrument 2018

I, David Coleman, Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs, make the following instrument.

Dated 6/12/18

David Coleman

The Hon David Coleman MP

Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs

Contents

Part 1 – Preliminary

1  Name

2  Commencement

3  Authority

4  Definitions

5  Schedules

Part 2 – Professional year

6  Professional year programs

Schedule 1—Repeals

IMMI 12/029 - Professional Year Programs

Part 1 – Preliminary 

1  Name

1.            This instrument is the Migration (LIN 18/170: Professional Year Programs) Instrument 2018.
2.            This instrument may be cited as LIN 18/170.

2  Commencement

This instrument commences the day after registration on the Federal Register of Legislation.

3  Authority

This instrument is made under the definition of professional year in subregulation 2.26AC(6) of the Regulations.

4  Definitions

In this instrument:

Regulations means the Migrations Regulations 1994.

5  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Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Part 2 – Professional year

6  Professional year programs

For the purposes of the definition of professional year in subregulation 2.26AC(6) of the Regulations, any of the following professional year programs are specified courses:

1.       The Professional Year Program provided by the Australian Computer Society which is available to information technology graduates;
2.       The Professional Year Program provided by Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, the Certified Practising Accountants Australia and the Institute of Public Accounting which is available to accounting graduates;
3.       The Professional Year Program provided by Engineers Australia which is available to engineering graduates.

Schedule 1—Repeals

IMMI 12/029 - Professional Year Programs

1.                The whole of the instrument

Repeal the instrument.