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Commonwealth of Australia

Migration Regulations 1994

LANGUAGE TESTS, SCORE AND PASSPORTS 2015

(Regulations 1.15B, 1.15C, 1.15D and 1.15EA)

I, MICHAELIA CASH, Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, acting under regulations 1.15B, 1.15C, 1.15D, 1.15E and 1.15EA to the Migration Regulations 1994 (the Regulations) and regulation 1.15E as kept in force by item 102 of Schedule 13 to the Regulations:

 1.                REVOKE IMMI 14/076 (F2014L01538) signed on 12 November 2014 specifying  language test scores and passports for regulations 1.15B, 1.15C, 1.15D, 1.15E and               1.15EA; AND

2.                   SPECIFY, for applications lodged before 1 July 2012 tests, test scores and passports,  as follows:

     1.              for subparagraph 1.15C(1)(a), the following language tests:
                1. an International English Language Test System (IELTS) test; or
                2. an Occupational English Test (OET).

    B.                 for subparagraph 1.15C(1)(c), the following scores:
                1. an IELTS test score of at least 6 in each of the four test components of speaking, reading, writing and listening; or
                2. a score of at least B in each of the four components of an OET.
         C.                for paragraph 1.15C(2), a valid passport issued by the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Canada, New Zealand or Republic of Ireland, to a citizen of that country.
         D.                for paragraph 1.15D(a), the following language tests:
               1. an IELTS test; or
               2. an OET.
         E.                 for paragraph 1.15D(c), the following scores:
               1. an IELTS test score of at least 7 in each of the four test components of speaking, reading, writing and listening; or
               2. a score of at least B in each of the four components of an OET.

 F. for paragraph 1.15E(a), the following language test:

               1. an IELTS test.
 G. for paragraph 1.15E(c), the following scores:
               1. an IELTS test average band score of at least 6 in each of the four test components of speaking, reading, writing and listening.

 H. for paragraph 1.15EA(a), the following tests:
               1. an IELTS test; or
               2. an OET.
I. for paragraph 1.15EA(c), the following scores:
               1. an IELTS score of at least 8 in each of the four test components of speaking, reading, writing and listening; or
               2. a score of at least A in each of the four components of an OET.

3.                   SPECIFY for applications lodged on or after 1 July 2012, and before 23 November  2014 tests, test scores and passports as follows:
 1.              for paragraph 1.15B(1)(a), the following language tests:
               1. an International English Language Test System (IELTS) test; or
               2. an Occupational English Test (OET).
B.                 for paragraph 1.15B(1)(c), the following test scores:
               1. an IELTS test score of at least 5 in each of the four test components of speaking, reading, writing and listening; or
               2. a score of at least