Commonwealth of Australia
 
                                                         Migration Regulations 1994
 
 
AREAS FOR BUSINESS INNOVATION AND INVESTMENT (PERMANENT) VISA AND
STATE AND TERRITORY SPONSORED BUSINESS OWNER VISA
(Regulation 888.226(b)(i) and 892.213(3)(b))
 
I, CHRIS BOWEN, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, acting under subparagraphs 888.226(b)(i) and paragraph 892.213(3)(b) of Schedule 2 to the Migration Regulations 1994 (“the Regulations”):
 
1.         REVOKE Instrument Number IMMI 06/026, signed on 27 October 2006 specifying postcodes and postcode ranges, as being areas for the purposes of paragraph 892.213(3)(b) of Schedule 2 to the Regulations; AND
 
2.         SPECIFY the postcodes and postcode ranges listed in the Schedule to this Instrument as being areas for the purposes of subparagraph 888.226(b)(i) and paragraph 892.213(3)(b) of Schedule 2 to the Regulations.
 
This Instrument, IMMI 12/032, commences on 1 July 2012 immediately after the commencement of the Migration Amendment Regulation 2012 (No. 2).
 
 
Dated      12 June              2012
 
 
Chris Bowen
Minister for Immigration and Citizenship
 
 
 
 
 
[NOTE 1:   Subparagraph 888.226(b)(i) provides that, as a criterion for the Business Innovation Stream of the Business Innovation and Investment (Permanent) visa, an applicant resides in an area specified by the Minister in an instrument in writing for that subparagraph.           
NOTE 2:    Paragraph 892.213(3)(b) provides that, as a criterion for a State/Territory Sponsored Business Owner visa, an applicant must reside in, and operate the applicant’s main business or businesses in Australia in, an area specified by the Minister in an instrument in writing for that paragraph.]
Schedule
 
 
AREAS
 
POSTCODES INCLUSIVE

NEW SOUTH WALES (Except Sydney, Newcastle, the Central Coast and Wollongong)
2311 to 2312
2328 to 2411
2420 to 2490
2536 to 2551
2575 to 2594
2618 to 2739
2787 to 2898
 

NORTHERN TERRITORY               
All postcodes within the Northern Territory

QUEENSLAND
(Except the greater Brisbane area and the Gold Coast)
 
 
4124 to 4125
4133
4211
4270 to 4272
4275
4280
4285
4287
4307 to 4499
4515
4517 to 4519
4522 to 4899
 

SOUTH AUSTRALIA
All postcodes within South Australia
 

TASMANIA
All postcodes within Tasmania
 

VICTORIA
(Except Melbourne metropolitan area)
3211 to 3334
3340 to 3424
3430 to 3649
3658 to 3749
3753, 3756, 3758, 3762, 3764
3778 to 3781
3783, 3797, 3799
3810 to 3909
3921 to 3925
3945 to 3974
3979
3981 to 3996
 

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
(Except Perth and surroundings areas)
6041 to 6044
6083 to 6084
6121 to 6126
6200 to 6799