This instrument is the Migration (Specification of Occupations and Assessing Authorities) Amendment Instrument (LIN 22/053) 2022.

(1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provisions	Commencement	Date/Details
1. The whole of this instrument	The day after this instrument is registered.	6 May 2022

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3 Authority

This instrument is made under subregulation 2.26B(1) of the Migration Regulations 1994.

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Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendments

Migration (LIN 19/051: Specification of Occupations and Assessing Authorities) Instrument 2019

1 Subsection 8(1) (table item 2, column 3, paragraph (b))

Omit “AIM”, substitute “IML”.

2 Section 9

Before “The occupations”, insert “(1)”.

3 Section 9 (table items 6, 7, 10 and 16, column 3)

Omit “AIM”, substitute “IML”.

4 Section 9 (table item 66, column 3)

Omit “VETASSESS”, substitute “the assessing authority for the occupation under subsection (2)”.

5 At the end of section 9

Add:

(2) For the purposes of item 66 of the table in subsection (1), the assessing authority is:

(a) for an information and organisation professional (nec) other than a data scientist—VETASSESS; and

(b) for an information and organisation professional (nec) that is a data scientist—ACS.

6 Subsection 10(1) (table items 18 and 21, column 3)

Omit “AIM”, substitute “IML”.

7 Section 11 (table item 7)

Repeal the item.

8 Section 11 (table item 8, column 2)

Omit “Australian Institute of Medical Scientists”, substitute “Australian Institute of Medical and Clinical Scientists”.

9 Section 11 (after table item 27)

Insert:

27A

IML

Institute of Managers and Leaders Limited

10 At the end of Part 3

Add:

15 Amendments made by the Migration (Specification of Occupations and Assessing Authorities) Amendment Instrument (LIN 22/053) 2022

(1) This section applies to an application for:

(a) a Subclass 189 (Skilled—Independent) visa; or

(b) a Subclass 190 (Skilled—Nominated) visa; or

(d) a Subclass 491 (Skilled Work Regional (Provisional)) visa;

made on or after the day (the commencement day) the Migration (Specification of Occupations and Assessing Authorities) Amendment Instrument (LIN 22/053) 2022 commences.

New assessing authorities specified for visa applications made on or after commencement day regardless of when application for skills assessment is made

(2) The amendments of this instrument made by Schedule 1 to the Migration (Specification of Occupations and Assessing Authorities) Amendment Instrument (LIN 22/053) 2022 apply in relation to an application for a visa to which this section applies, whether the application for the skills assessment in relation to the application for the visa was made before, on or after the commencement day.

Previous assessing authorities also specified for visa applications made on or after commencement day if application for skills assessment is made before commencement day

(3) For the purposes of subregulation 2.26B(1) of the Regulations, a person or body listed in column 2 of an item of the following table is also specified as the relevant assessing authority for:

(a) the skilled occupation listed in column 1 of the item; and

(b) all countries;

for the purposes of an application for a skills assessment made by a resident of one of those countries in relation to an application for a visa to which this section applies, if the application for the skills assessment is made before the commencement day.

Assessing authorities
Item	Column 1 Occupation	Column 2 Assessing authority
1	engineering manager	Australian Institute of Management
2	medical laboratory scientist	Australian Institute of Medical Scientists
3	sales and marketing manager	Australian Institute of Management
4	advertising manager	Australian Institute of Management
5	human resource manager	Australian Institute of Management
6	supply and distribution manager	Australian Institute of Management
7	information and organisation professionals (nec)	VETASSESS
8	medical laboratory technician	Australian Institute of Medical Scientists
9	public relations manager	Australian Institute of Management
10	procurement manager	Australian Institute of Management
11	pathology collector	Australian Institute of Medical Scientists