Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00115:reg:11:p13
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00115
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 11 (pt 13/30)
Character Range: 142468–145272

a Medical Officer of the Commonwealth for the purposes of these Regulations.

1.17  Professional bodies that may nominate persons for appointment to the Independent Health Advice Panel
  For the purposes of subparagraph 199B(3)(b)(v) of the Act, the following bodies are prescribed:
 (a) the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners Limited (ACN 000 223 807);
 (b) the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACN 078 081 848);
 (c) the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (ACN 004 167 766).

1.18  Approved forms
 (1) The Minister may, in writing, approve forms for:
 (a) use in making an application for a visa; or
 (b) any other purpose authorised or required by these Regulations.
 (2) Each of the following is an approved form for use in making an application for a visa:
 (a) a paper form;
 (b) a set of questions in an interactive computer program that is:
 (i) approved by the Minister for use in making an application for the visa; and
 (ii) made available at an Internet site operated under the authority of the Minister;
 (c) a set of questions in a form that:
 (i) is stored in an electronic format; and
 (ii) is approved by the Minister for use in making an application for the visa.

Division 1.4—Sponsorship not applicable to Division 3A of Part 2 of the Act

1.20  Sponsorship undertakings
 (1) The sponsor of an applicant for a visa is a person (except a person who proposes on the relevant approved form another person for entry to Australia as an applicant for a permanent humanitarian visa) who undertakes the obligations stated in subregulation (2) in relation to the applicant.
 (2) Subject to subregulation (4), the obligations of a sponsor in relation to an applicant for a visa are the following:
 (a) if the application is for a Skilled—Regional Sponsored (Provisional) (Class SP) visa, a Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) (Class PS) visa or a permanent visa (other than a Partner (Migrant) (Class BC) or Partner (Residence) (Class BS) visa)—the sponsor undertakes to assist the applicant, to the extent necessary, financially and in relation to accommodation:
 (i) if the applicant is in Australia—during the period of 2 years immediately following the grant of that visa; or
 (ii) if the applicant is outside Australia—during the period of 2 years immediately following the applicant's first entry into Australia under that visa;
  including any period of participation by the applicant in the program known as the Adult Migrant English Program administered by Immigration that falls within that period;
 (b) if the application is for a temporary visa (other than a Resolution of Status (Temporary) (Class UH), Partner (Provisional) (Class UF), Partner (Temporary) (Class UK) or Extended Eligibility (Temporary) (Class TK) visa)—the sponsor undertakes to