Commonwealth of Australia
 
Migration Regulations 1994
                                                                                                                                              
ORGANISATIONS THAT MAY SPONSOR SHORT STAY BUSINESS VISITORS
(REGULATION 459.214(c))
 
I, AMANDA VANSTONE, Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, acting under regulation 1.17 and paragraph 459.214(c) of Schedule 2 to the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations’):
 
1.        REVOKE Instrument number IMMI 05/092 signed on 29 November 2005 specifying organisations for the purposes of paragraph 459.214(c) of Schedule 2 to the Regulations; and
 
2.        SPECIFY, for the purposes of paragraph 459.214(c) of Schedule 2 to the Regulations, the organisations listed in the Schedule to this Instrument.
This Instrument, IMMI 06/004, commences on the day after registration on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.
                                   
 
Dated               1 March                       2006
 
 
 
 
AMANDA VANSTONE
Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
[NOTE 1:   Regulation 1.17 of the Regulations provides that the Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette, specify matters required by individual provisions of the Regulations to be specified for the purposes of those provisions.
NOTE 2:    Paragraph 459.214(c) of Schedule 2 to the Regulations relevantly provides an applicant may be sponsored by an organisation specified in a Gazette Notice for the purposes of that paragraph].
Schedule
 
Sponsor Organisations
 
AMEC Engineering Pty Limited

Anvil Mining Pty Ltd

Arts Projects Australia (Melbourne) Pty Ltd

Austal Ships Pty Ltd

Australian Arab Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc

Australian Biotech Investments Pty Ltd (trading as the Australia-China Developments Centre)

Australian Building Projects Pty Ltd

Australian Exhibition Services Pty Ltd

Australian Mines and Metals Association (Incorporated)

Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association Limited

Bernley Enterprise Pty Ltd

BHP Billiton Iron Ore Pty Ltd

Brunel Technical Services Pty Ltd

Burrup Fertilisers Pty Ltd

Business SA

Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia

Chamber of Commerce Northern Territory

Chamber of Minerals and Energy of Western Australia Inc

China Chamber of Commerce in Australia

Commerce Queensland

Confederation of ACT Industry (trading as ACT and Region Chamber of Commerce and Industry)

Council for International Trade and Commerce South Australia Inc

Electro Chemical Engineering Pty Ltd (trading as ECEFast)

Fusion Australia Ltd

Global Art Projects Pty Ltd

G.L.O. Ministries Ltd

Harmony Gold Operations Limited

International Nepal Fellowship (Australia) Ltd

LeisureTech Enterprise Pty Ltd

Master Builders Australia Inc

Minara Resources Limited

Mitsubishi Australia Ltd

MRA – Initiatives of Change

Multicultural Community Centre Ltd

Newcrest Mining Limited

Next Wave Festival Incorporated

NSW-Vietnam Chamber of Commerce

Onirik Pty Ltd

Paspaley Pearling Company Pty Ltd

Pavement Management Services Pty Ltd

Palmerston Regional Business Association

Queensland Alumina Limited

Queensland Chinese Forum

Rio Tinto Ltd

Roche Mining Pty Ltd

Sabina Corporation Ltd

Santos Ltd

Satyam Computer Services Ltd

Schlumberger Oilfield Australia Pty Ltd

Southern Cross Enterprise Group Pty Ltd

Tasmanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Universal Sodexho Pty Ltd

Victorian Employers’ Chamber of Commerce and Industry

WesternGeco (A) Pty Ltd

Woodside Energy Limited

Zinifex Ltd

Zonta International district 23