Notices of Legislation Changes
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Legislation changes, by implementation date:
26 April 2008
1 January 2008
Past years
Effective 26 April 2008
- Amendments in relation to vulnerable children and the Subclass 802 (Child) visa
- Amendment of Migration Regulations 1994 to include work rights on all initial student visa grants
- General Skilled Migration Amendments
Effective 1 January 2008
- Removal of the requirement for an Assurance of Support for Carer visas (subclasses 116 and 836)
- Removal of the requirement for an Assurance of Support for General Skilled Migration visas (subclasses 136, 137, 138, 139, 861, 862, 863, 880, 881, 882 and 883) and Skill Matching visa (subclass 134)
Past years
The legislation changes from past years are also available:
- 2007 Notices of Legislation Changes
- 2006 Notices of Legislation Changes
- 2005 Notices of Legislation Changes
- 2004 Notices of Legislation Changes
- 2003 Notices of Legislation Changes

