Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) Subject to subregulation (1A), the Minister may, by an instrument in writing for this subregulation, specify a person or body as the relevant assessing authority for:
(a) a skilled occupation; and
(b) one or more countries;
for the purposes of an application for a skills assessment made by a resident of one of those countries.
(1A) The Minister must not make an instrument under subregulation (1) unless the person or body has been approved in writing as the relevant assessing authority for the occupation by:
(a) the Education Minister; or
(b) the Employment Minister.
(2) The standards against which the skills of a person are assessed by a relevant assessing authority for a skilled occupation must be the standards set by the relevant assessing authority for the skilled occupation.