Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00115:reg:3:p4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00115
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 3 (pt 4/26)
Character Range: 365768–368690

satisfies the criteria for the grant of a Medical Treatment (Visitor) (Class UB) visa, if there is information known to Immigration (either through the application or otherwise) to the effect that the requirement in subclause 602.212(2)(d) has not been met, the Minister must seek the opinion of a Medical Officer of the Commonwealth on whether the requirement has been met.
 (3) The Minister is to take the opinion of the Medical Officer of the Commonwealth on a matter referred to in subregulation (1) or (2) to be correct for the purposes of deciding whether a person meets a requirement or satisfies a criterion.

Division 2.6—Relevant assessing authorities and matters relating to the application of the points system

2.26AC  Prescribed qualifications and number of points for Subclass 189, 190, 489 and 491 visas
 (1) For subsection 93(1) of the Act, this regulation applies to an application for:
 (a) a Skilled—Independent (Permanent) (Class SI) visa; or
 (b) a Skilled—Nominated (Permanent) (Class SN) visa; or
 (c) a Skilled—Regional Sponsored (Provisional) (Class SP) visa; or
 (d) a Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) (Class PS) visa.
 (2) Each qualification specified in an item of Schedule 6D is prescribed as a qualification in relation to the grant, to the applicant, of:
 (a) a Subclass 189 (Skilled—Independent) visa in the Points‑tested stream; or
 (b) a Subclass 190 (Skilled—Nominated) visa; or
 (c) a Subclass 489 (Skilled—Regional (Provisional)) visa; or
 (d) a Subclass 491 (Skilled Work Regional (Provisional)) visa.
 (3) The number of points prescribed for a qualification specified in an item in Schedule 6D is specified in the item.
 (4) For Schedule 6D:
 (a) The Minister must not give the applicant a prescribed number of points for more than one prescribed qualification in each Part of the Schedule; and
 (b) if the applicant's circumstances satisfy more than one prescribed qualification in a Part of the Schedule, the Minister must give the applicant points for the qualification that has been satisfied that attracts the highest number of points.
Note: Part 6D.5 of Schedule 6D (Aggregating points for employment experience qualifications) recalculates an applicant's points if the applicant has qualifications specified in Part 6D.3 of Schedule 6D (Overseas employment experience qualifications) and Part 6D.4 of Schedule 6D (Australian employment experience qualifications).
 (5) For items 6D71 and 6D72 of Part 6D.7 of Schedule 6D, in determining whether an educational qualification is of a recognised standard, the Minister must have regard to:
 (a) whether, at the time of invitation to apply for the visa, the educational qualification had been recognised by the relevant assessing authority for the applicant's nominated skilled occupation as being suitable for the occupation; and
 (b) whether the educational qualification is recognised by a body specified by the Minister in