Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Australia's Engagement in the Pacific) Act 2023 (100 of 2023)

Schedule 1   Pacific Engagement Visas

Part 1   Amendments

VET Student Loans Act 2016

20   After subsection 11(1)

Insert:

(1A) Permanent humanitarian visa has the same meaning in this Act as in the Migration Regulations 1994.

(1B) A Pacific engagement visa is:

(a) a visa referred to in the Migration Regulations 1994 as a Subclass 192 (Pacific Engagement) visa; or

(b) a visa of a kind determined under subsection (1C).

(1C) The Minister may, by legislative instrument, determine a kind of visa for the purposes of paragraph (1B)(b) if the Minister has been advised by the Minister administering the Migration Act 1958 (the Immigration Minister ) that, in the opinion of the Immigration Minister:

(a) the kind of visa has replaced or will replace:

(i) the kind of visa mentioned in paragraph (1B)(a); or

(ii) a kind of visa previously determined under this subsection; and

(b) the replacement kind of visa is intended to give the same benefits as the replaced kind of visa.