Commonwealth of Australia
 
Migration Regulations 1994
 
ENGLISH LANGUAGE TESTS AND LEVEL OF ENGLISH ABILITY FOR GENERAL SKILLED MIGRATION
(REGULATIONS 1.15C, 1.15D and CLAUSES 485.215 & 487.215)
  
I, CHRIS EVANS, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, acting under
regulations 1.15C and 1.15D and clauses 485.215 and 487.215 of Schedule 2 to the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations’):
 
1.      REVOKE instrument number IMMI 07/055 signed on 1 September 2007 specifying scores for certain passport holders and English tests for General Skilled Migration; AND
 
2.      SPECIFY a score of at least ‘B’ in each of the four components of an Occupational English Language test is a score of competent English for the purposes of sub-subparagraphs 1.15C(a)(ii)(A) and (B); AND
 
3.      SPECIFY a passport issued by the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Canada, New Zealand or Ireland as a passport for the purposes of paragraph 1.15C(b); AND
 
4.      SPECIFY a score of at least ‘B’ in each of the four components of an Occupational English Language test is a score of proficient English for the purposes of subparagraph 1.15D(b)(i) and (ii); AND
 
5.      SPECIFY International English Language Testing System and Occupational English Test as language tests for the purposes of paragraph 487.215(e) in Schedule 2 to the regulations.
 
 
 
 
This Instrument, IMMI 08/084, commences on 27 October 2008.
 
 
 
 Dated              10  October  2008
 
 
 
 
                                   
CHRIS EVANS
Minister for Immigration and Citizenship
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
[Note 1: Subparagraph 1.15C(a)(ii) of the Regulations relevantly provides that the Minister may specify in an instrument in writing a score and a language test to be satisfied for the purposes of regulation 1.15C (which relates to satisfaction of English competency in relation to an application for a General Skilled Migration visa).
Note 2: Paragraph 1.15C(b) of the Regulations provides that the Minister may specify a type of passport required to be held for the purposes of regulation 1.15C (which relates to satisfaction of English competency in relation to an application for a General Skilled Migration visa).
Note 3: Paragraph 1.15D(b) of the Regulations relevantly provides that the Minister may specify in an instrument in writing a score and a language test to be satisfied for the purposes of regulation 1.15D (which relates to satisfaction of English proficiency in relation to an application for a General Skilled Migration visa).
Note 4: Paragraph 487.215(e) provides that the Minister may specify in an instrument in writing a language test which the applicant has made arrangements to undergo for the purposes of the provision.]