Migration (Assessing Authorities for Subclass 494 Visas) Amendment Instrument (LIN 22/054) 2022[Instrument], dated 7 April 2022, amends the Migration (Assessing Authorities for Subclass 494 Visas LIN 19/260) Instrument 2019 to update the relevant assessing authorities for certain occupations on the Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List(the MLTSSL) and the Regional Occupation List (the ROL)for Subclass 494 visa applications.
The instrument amends the following skills assessing authorities:
- Omits AIM, substituting IML – Institute of Managers and Leaders (change of authority name only) for sections 6(1),7(1) and 9 LIN 19/260. (the name change of the Australian Institute of Management (AIM) to the Institute of Managers and Leaders Limited (IML)).
- Omits Australian Community Workers Association Inc (ACWA), substituting Australian Computer Society Incorporated (ACS) as the assessing authority for the chief information officer occupation for section 6
- Omits VETASSESS, substituting ‘the assessing authority for the occupation’ for sections 7 and 7(1) and inserts the occupation of information and organization professionals (nec) 224999:
- for an information and organization professional (nec) other than a data scientist—VETASSESS (no change); and
- for a piece of information and organization professional (nec) who is a data scientist—ACS (change of authority from VETASSESS).
- Omits ‘Australian Institute of Medical Scientists’, substituting ‘Australian Institute of Medical and Clinical Scientists’ (change of authority name only) for section 11.
The amendments add a new section 10 to explain how the amendments made by the instrument would apply to assessments made by the assessing authorities. It provides that the amendments made by this instrument will apply to an application for a subclass 494 made on or after this instrument commences irrespective of whether the application for the skills assessment was made before, on, or after that day.
Skills assessment applications undertaken by the following authorities for the specified occupations before the commencement date of the Instrument will be accepted.
Assessing Authorities
| Item | Column 1
Occupation | Column 2 Assessing Authority |
| 1 | chief executive or managing director | Australian Institute Of Management |
| 2 | corporate general director | Australian Institute Of Medical Scientists |
| 3 | engineer manager | Australian Institute Of Management |
| 4 | medical laboratory scientist | Australian Institute Of Medical Scientists |
| 5 | sales and marketing manager | Australian Institute Of Management |
| 6 | advertising manager | Australian Institute Of Management |
| 7 | public relations manager | Vocational Education and Training Assessment Services |
| 8 | human resource manager | Australian Institute Of Medical Scientists |
| 9 | supply and distribution manager | Australian Institute Of Management |
| 10 | procurement manager | Australian Institute Of Management |
| 11 | information and organization professionals (nec) | VETASSES |
| 12 | medical laboratory technician | Australian Institute Of Medical Scientists |
| 13 | pathology collector (AUS)/ phlebotomist (NZ) | Australian Institute Of Medical Scientists |
This instrument commenced on 6 May 2022.
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