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6  Language test requirements
 (1) This section specifies language test requirements for the purposes of subclauses 482.222(1) and 482.232(1) of Schedule 2 to the Regulations.
 (2) The language test requirements for an applicant for a Subclass 482 (Skills in Demand) visa in the Specialist Skills stream or Core Skills stream (other than an exempt applicant) are:
 (a) the applicant took an approved English language test on a particular day (the test day); and
 (b) the applicant achieved the required test scores for the approved English language test taken by the applicant on the test day in a single attempt at that test; and
 (c) the test day is not more than 3 years before the day on which the applicant provided evidence of the matter mentioned in paragraph (b).
 (3) Each of the following is an approved English language test:
 (a)  the International English Language Testing System (the IELTS);
 (b) the Occupational English Test (the OET);
 (c) the Test of English as a Foreign Language internet‑based test (the TOEFL);
 (d) the Pearson Test of English Academic (the PTE);
 (e) the Cambridge English: Advanced test (the CAE).
 (4) The required test scores for an approved English language test are to be worked out using the following table.

Required test scores
Item                  If the approved English language test is …  the required test scores for that test are …