Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) This regulation applies to a Subclass 422 (Medical Practitioner) visa.
(2) The Minister may approve or refuse to approve a person or an organisation (including an unincorporated association) as a sponsor of:
(a) an applicant for the visa; or
(b) multiple applicants for the same subclass of visa.
(3) In considering an application for approval of a proposed sponsor:
(a) the Minister must have regard to the capacity of the proposed sponsor to comply with the undertakings mentioned in paragraph 1.20 (2) (b); and
(b) the Minister may have regard to any other matter that the Minister considers relevant.
(4) Nothing in this regulation limits or affects in any way the matters to which the Minister may have regard in considering an application for the approval of a proposed sponsor in relation to any other kind of visa application to which regulation 1.20 applies.