Migration (LIN 20/184: Subclass 462 (Work and Holiday) visa – Specified work and areas) Instrument 2020 dated 18 August 2020 [“the Instrument”] specifies work and areas for Subclass 462 (Work and Holiday) visa.
The Instrument specifies and outlines the kind of work in fishing and pearling work and tree farming and felling work; tourism and hospitality work; plant and animal cultivation work and construction work; bushfire recovery work; critical COVID-19 work in the healthcare and medical sectors for the purpose of Regulation 1.15FA of the Migration Regulations 1994. Schedule 4 of the Instrument also specifies different areas of Australia for the purpose of various specified works.
Bushfire recovery work as specified by the Instrument includes construction, farming, or any other work in association with recovery or restitution of land, property, farm animals or wildlife; and providing support services or assistance to people living, working or volunteering in the affected areas.
The Instrument is registered on the Federal Register of Legislation on 18 August 2020 and as per Section 2 of the Instrument, it commences on the day after it is registered, i.e. 19 August 2020 and accordingly is in effect now.
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