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three or more consecutive months during the last five years in a country or countries that is not listed in Column A of Schedule 1 to this Instrument;
d.    the medical assessments specified in Column B, C and D that appear in Schedule 2 to this Instrument apply to a class of persons specified at paragraph 2(c) of this Instrument; and
e.     where a person is a class of persons in more than one Column A of Schedules 1 or 2 the relevant Schedule is the highest number Schedule; and
f.     for paragraph 4006A(l)(aa) of Schedule 4 to the Regulations, the additional medical assessments mentioned in column E of Schedule 2 apply to the class of persons mentioned in paragraph 2(c); and
g.     for paragraphs 4005(1)(aa) and 4007(1)(aa) of Schedule 4 to the Regulations, the additional medical assessments mentioned in Schedule 3 apply to the class of persons mentioned in paragraph 2(c); and
               3.    specify that, for subparagraphs 4005(1)(aa)(ii), 4006A(1)(aa)(ii) and 4007(1)(aa)(ii) of Schedule 4 to the Regulations:
(a)   medical assessments conducted within Australia must be conducted by Bupa Australia Health Pty Ltd, trading as Bupa Medical Visa Services, or an Approved Medical Practitioner; and
(b)   medical assessments conducted outside Australia must be conducted by panel physicians and/or radiologists appointed by the Australian Government to perform medical assessments for visa applicants outside Australia.
       4. for the purposes of this instrument—specify that:
(a) provisional visa means a temporary visa of a subclass mentioned in Schedule 4; and
(b) high hepatitis B risk jurisdiction means a country or jurisdiction not mentioned in Schedule 5.
       5. specify that the amendments made by the Migration (Required Medical Assessment) Amendment Instrument (LIN 23/042) 2023 and the Migration (Required Medical Assessment) Amendment Instrument (LIN 24/032) 2024 do not apply in relation to an application for a Subclass 457 (Temporary Work (Skilled)) visa.
Note Part 457 of Schedule 2 to the Regulations and clause 4006A of Schedule 4 to the Regulations were repealed by the Migration Legislation Amendment (Temporary Skill Shortage Visa and Complementary Reforms) Regulations 2018 on 18 March 2018.

Schedule 1
Column A                                                                                                                                                  Column B                                                                                                 Column C                                                                                                 Column D                                                                                                                                                                                                         Column E

Country or jurisdiction of citizenship; or countries or jurisdictions where the person has spent three or more consecutive months in the last five years  Temporary stay in Australia of up to six months                                                          Temporary stay in Australia of six months or more                                                        Permanent and provisional visa applicants                                                                                                                                                                        Additional medical assessments
Albania;                                                                                                                                                  No medical assessment other than the additional medical assessments specified in Column E of this Table  No medical assessment other than the additional medical assessments specified in Column E of this Table  Under 11 years of age:                                                                                                                                                                                           Likely to work or be a