Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated RegulationsIf a person applies for a General Skilled Migration visa, the person has concessional competent English if the person satisfies the Minister that the person has achieved, in a test conducted not more than 2 years before the day on which the application was lodged:
(a) an IELTS test average band score of at least 5.5 for the 4 test components of speaking, reading, writing and listening; or
(b) a score:
(i) specified by the Minister in an instrument in writing for this subparagraph; and
(ii) in a language test specified by the Minister in the instrument.