This instrument is the Migration (Specified Work and Areas for Subclass 417 visas) Instrument (LIN 22/012) 2022.

For the definition of specified Subclass 417 work in regulation 1.03 and regulation 1.15FAA of the Regulations, this instrument specifies:

(a) areas of Australia; and

(b) kinds of work.

4 Definitions

In this instrument:

bushfire affected area means one or more areas of Australia mentioned in item 1 of Schedule 1.

COVID-19 means the pandemic declared by the World Health Organization on 11 March 2020, caused by the coronavirus COVID-19.

Northern Australia means one or more areas of Australia mentioned in item 2 of Schedule 1.

Regional Australia means one or more areas of Australia mentioned in item 3 of Schedule 1.

Remote and Very Remote Australia means one or more areas of Australia mentioned in item 4 of Schedule 1.

5 Fishing and pearling work, plant and animal cultivation work, tree farming and felling work, construction work and mining work

(1) Regional Australia is specified if the work carried out in that area is a kind of work mentioned in subsection (2).

(2) A kind of work mentioned in the following table is specified if carried out in Regional Australia.

Item	Kinds of work
1	Fishing and pearling: (a) conducting operations relating directly to taking or catching fish and other aquatic species; (b) conducting operations relating directly to taking or culturing pearls or pearl shell
2	Plant and animal cultivation: (a) harvesting and/or packing of fruit and vegetable crops; (b) pruning or trimming vines and trees directly associated with the cultivation and commercial sale of plant produce; (c) general maintenance crop work; (d) cultivating or propagating plants, fungi or their products or parts; (e) immediate processing of plant products; (f) maintaining animals for the purposes of selling them or their bodily produce, including natural increase; (g) immediate processing of animal products including shearing, butchery, packing and tanning, but not including secondary processing; (h) manufacturing dairy produce from raw material
3	Tree farming and felling: (a) planting or tending trees in a plantation or forest that are intended to be felled; (b) felling trees in a plantation or forest; (c) transporting trees or parts of trees that were felled in a plantation or forest to the place where they are first to be milled or processed, or any other place from which they are to be transported to the place where they are to be milled or processed
4	Construction: (a) building construction; (b) heavy and civil engineering construction; (c) land development and site preparation services; (d) building structure services; (e) building installation services; (f) building completion services
5	Mining: (a) coal mining; (b) oil and gas extraction; (c) metal ore mining; (d) construction material mining; (e) other non-metallic mineral mining and quarrying; (f) exploration; (g) mining support services

6 Tourism and hospitality work

(1) Areas of Australia within postcodes 4406, 4416, 4498 and 7215, Northern Australia and Remote and Very Remote Australia are specified if the work carried out in those areas is:

(a) a kind of work mentioned in subsection (2); and

(b) carried out after 21 June 2021.

(2) Tourism and hospitality work is specified if carried out in areas of Australia within postcodes 4406, 4416, 4498 and 7215, Northern Australia and Remote and Very Remote Australia for a person providing one or more of the following services:

(a) accommodation, including:

(i) hotels, motels, bed and breakfasts, and backpacker hostels;

(ii) caravan parks and camping grounds;

(iii) commercial housekeeping services;

(iv) boarding houses, guest houses and reception centres;

(b) food and beverage, including:

(i) cafes and restaurants;

(ii) takeaway food services;

(iii) catering services;

(iv) pubs, taverns and bars;

(v) hospitality clubs;

(i) tourist guides and operators;

(ii) outdoor adventure or activity instructors;

(iii) tourist transport service workers;

(iv) gallery or museum workers, curators or guides;

(v) travel agency and tourist information workers;

(vi) event and entertainment venue workers.

7 Bushfire recovery work

(1) Bushfire affected area is specified if the work carried out in that area is:

(a) a kind of work, paid or volunteer, mentioned in subsection (2); and

(b) carried out after 31 July 2019.

(2) Bushfire recovery work:

(a) is specified if carried out in a bushfire affected area; and

(b) includes:

(i) construction, farming, or any other work in association with recovery or restitution of land, property, farm animals or wildlife;

(ii) providing support services or assistance to people living, working or volunteering in the affected areas.

8 Critical COVID-19 work in the healthcare and medical sectors

(1) Each area of Australia is specified if the work carried out in that area is:

(a) a kind of work mentioned in subsection (2); and

(b) carried out after 31 January 2020.

(2) Critical COVID-19 work in the healthcare and medical sectors:

(a) is specified if carried out in each area of Australia; and

(b) includes:

(i) medical treatment, nursing, contact tracing, testing and research;

(ii) support services such as cleaning of medical and health care facilities and equipment.

8A Recovery work—flood, cyclone or other severe weather

(1) A kind of work is specified for the purposes of the definition of specified Subclass 417 work in regulation 1.03 of the Regulations if the work:

(a) is carried out in an area mentioned in item 5 of Schedule 1 as an area affected by flood, cyclone or other severe weather; and

(b) is carried out after 31 December 2021; and

(i) clean-up, construction or any other work in association with restitution or restoration of services, land, waterways, property or infrastructure;

(ii) providing support services or assistance to people living, working or volunteering in the area affected by flood, cyclone or other severe weather.

(2) An area of Australia is specified for the purposes of the definition of specified Subclass 417 work in regulation 1.03 of the Regulations if the area is an area mentioned in item 5 of Schedule 1 as an area affected by flood, cyclone or other severe weather.

9 Application of amendments made by LIN 24/020

The amendments made by the Migration Legislation Amendment (Specified Work and Areas for Subclass 417 and 462 Visas) Instrument (LIN 24/020) 2024 apply in relation to an application for a Working Holiday (Temporary) (Class TZ) visa:

made, but not finally determined, before the commencement of that instrument; or
made on or after the commencement of that instrument.

10 Application of amendments made by LIN 25/048

The amendments made by the Migration Legislation Amendment (Specified Work and Areas for Subclass 417 and 462 Visas) Instrument 2025 apply in relation to an application for a Working Holiday (Temporary) (Class TZ) visa:

(a) made, but not finally determined, before the commencement of that instrument; or

(b) made on or after the commencement of that instrument.

Schedule 1 Specified areas of Australia

Item	Area of Australia	State or Territory	Postcodes / Areas
1	Bushfire affected areas	Australian Capital Territory	All areas.
		New South Wales	Armidale, Ballina, Bathurst, Bega Valley, Bellingen, Blayney, Blue Mountains, Bogan, Brewarrina, Byron, Cabonne, Central Coast, Cessnock, Clarence Valley, Cobar, Coffs Harbour, Coonamble, Cootamundra-Gundagai, Cowra, Dubbo, Dungog, Maitland, Edward River, Eurobodalla, Glen Innes Severn, Goulburn Mulwaree, Gwydir, Greater Hume, Hawkesbury, Hilltops, Inverell, Kempsey, Ku-ring-gai, Kyogle, Lake Macquarie, Lismore, Lithgow, Liverpool Plains, Mid Coast, Mid-Western, Moree Plains, Muswellbrook, Nambucca, Nambucca Valley, Narrabri, Oberon, Penrith, Port Macquarie-Hastings, Port Stephens, Queanbeyan-Palerang, Richmond Valley, Shoalhaven, Singleton, Snowy Monaro, Snowy Valleys, Sutherland, Tamworth, Tenterfield, Tweed, Upper Hunter, Upper Hunter, Upper Lachlan, Uralla, Walcha, Walgett, Wagga Wagga, Warren, Wingecarribee, Wollondilly, Wollongong, and Yass Valley.
		Northern Territory	Alice Springs, Barkly, Central Desert, East Arnhem, MacDonnell, Roper Gulf, Victoria Daly and West Daly.
		Queensland	Balonne, Bundaberg, Bulloo, Cairns, Carpentaria, Cassowary Coast, Central Highlands, Cook, Douglas, Etheridge, Gladstone, Gold Coast, Goondiwindi, Gympie, Hinchinbrook, Hope Vale, Ipswich, Kowanyama, Livingstone, Lockyer Valley, Logan, Maranoa, Mareeba, Noosa, North Burnett, Redland, Scenic Rim, Somerset, Southern Downs, Sunshine Coast, Tablelands, Toowoomba, Townsville, Quilpie, Western Downs, Wujal Wujal and Yarrabah.
		South Australia	Adelaide Hills, Coorong, Kangaroo Island, Kingston, Lower Eyre Peninsula, Mid Murray, Mount Barker, Murray Bridge, Playford, Southern Mallee and Yorke Peninsula.
		Tasmania	Break O’Day, Central Highlands, Latrobe, and Southern Midlands.
		Victoria	Alpine, Ararat, Ballarat, Bass Coast, Baw Baw, Benalla, Buloke, Cardinia, Casey, Central Goldfields, Colac Otway, East Gippsland, Falls Creek, Frankston, Glen Eira, Glenelg, Golden Plains, Greater Bendigo, Greater Dandenong, Greater Geelong, Greater Shepparton, Hepburn, Hindmarsh, Horsham, Indigo, Kingston, Knox, Latrobe, Macedon Ranges, Mansfield, Maroondah, Melton, Mitchell, Monash, Moorabool, Mornington Peninsula, Mount Alexander, Mount Buller, Mount Hotham, Mount Stirling, Moyne, Murrindindi, Northern Grampians, Pyrenees, South Gippsland, Southern Grampians, Strathbogie, Towong, Wangaratta, Warrnambool, Wellington, West Wimmera, Whitehorse, Wodonga, and Yarra Ranges.
		Western Australia	Beverley, Brookton, Broome, Cue, East Pilbara, Greater Geraldton, Meekatharra, Murchison, Port Hedland, Swan, Upper Gascoyne, Wanneroo and Wiluna.
2	Northern Australia	Queensland	4472, 4478, 4481, 4482, 4680, 4694, 4695, 4697, 4699 to 4707, 4709 to 4714, 4717, 4720 to 4728, 4730 to 4733, 4735 to 4746, 4750, 4751, 4753, 4754, 4756, 4757, 4798 to 4812, 4814 to 4825, 4828 to 4830, 4849, 4850, 4852, 4854 to 4856, 4858 to 4861, 4865, 4868 to 4888, 4890 to 4892, 4895
		Western Australia	0872, 6537, 6642, 6646, 6701, 6705, 6707, 6710 to 6714, 6716, 6718, 6720 to 6722, 6725, 6726, 6728, 6740, 6743, 6751, 6753, 6754, 6758, 6760, 6762, 6765, 6770
		Northern Territory	All postcodes
3	Regional Australia	New South Wales	2311 to 2312, 2328 to 2411, 2420 to 2490, 2536 to 2551, 2575 to 2594, 2618 to 2739, 2787 to 2898
		Victoria	3139, 3211 to 3334, 3340 to 3424, 3430 to 3649, 3658 to 3749, 3753, 3756, 3758, 3762, 3764, 3778 to 3781, 3783, 3797, 3799, 3810 to 3909, 3921 to 3925, 3945 to 3974, 3979, 3981 to 3996
		Queensland	4124 to 4125; 4133; 4211; 4270 to 4272; 4275; 4280; 4285; 4287; 4307 to 4499; 4510; 4512; 4515 to 4519; 4522 to 4899
		South Australia	All postcodes
		Tasmania	All postcodes
		Western Australia	6041 to 6044; 6055 to 6056; 6069; 6076; 6083 to 6084; 6111; 6121 to 6126; 6200 to 6799
		Northern Territory	All postcodes in the Northern Territory
		Norfolk Island	All postcodes
4	Remote and Very Remote Australia	New South Wales	2356, 2386, 2387, 2396, 2405, 2406, 2672, 2675, 2825, 2826, 2829, 2832 to 283, 2838 to 2840, 2873, 2878, 2879, 2898, 2899
		Northern Territory	All postcodes
		Queensland	4025, 4183, 4417 to 4420, 4422, 4423, 4426 to 4428, 4454, 4461, 4462, 4465, 4467, 4468, 4470, , 4474, 4475, 4477 to 4482, 4486 to 4494, 4496, 4497, 4680, 4694, 4695, 4697, 4699 to 4707, 4709 to 4714, 4717, 4720 to 4728, 4730 to 4733, 4735 to 4746, 4750, 4751, 4753, 4754, 4756, 4757, 4798 to 4812, 4814 to 4825, 4828 to 4830, 4849, 4850, 4852, 4854 to 4856, 4858 to 4861, 4865, 4868 to 4888, 4890 to 4892, 4895
		Victoria	3424, 3506, 3509, 3512, 3889 to 3892
		South Australia	5220 to 5223, 5302 to 5304, 5440, 5576, 5577, 5582, 5583, 5602 to 5607, 5611, 5630 to 5633, 5640 to 5642, 5650 to 5655, 5660, 5661, 5670, 5671, 5680, 5690, 5713, 5715, 5717, 5719, 5720, 5722 to 5725, 5730 to 5734
		Tasmania	7139, 7255 to 7257, 7466 to 7470
		Western Australia	6161, 6335 to 6338, 6341, 6343, 6346, 6348, 6350 to 6353, 6355 to 6359, 6361, 6363, 6365, 6367 to 6369, 6373, 6375, 6385, 6386, 6418 to 6429, 6431, 6434, 6436 to 6438, 6440, 6443, 6445 to 6448, 6450, 6452, 6466 to 6468, 6470, 6472, 6473, 6475 to 6477, 6479, 6480, 6484, 6487 to 6490, 6515, 6517 to 6519, 6536, 6605, 6606, 6608, 6609, 6612 to 6614, 6616, 6620, 6623, 6625, 6627, 6628, 6630 to 6632, 6635, 6638 to 6640, 6731, 6733, 6798, 6799
5	Area affected by flood, cyclone or other severe weather	New South Wales	Albury, Armidale, Ballina, Balranald, Bathurst, Bayside, Bega Valley, Bellingen, Berrigan, Blacktown, Bland, Blayney, Blue Mountains, Bogan, Bourke, Brewarrina, Broken Hill, Byron, Cabonne, Camden, Campbelltown, Canterbury-Bankstown, Carrathool, Central Coast, Central Darling, Cessnock, Clarence Valley, Cobar, Coffs Harbour, Coolamon, Coonamble, Cootamundra-Gundagai, Cowra, Cumberland, Dubbo, Dungog, Edward River, Eurobodalla, Fairfield, Federation, Forbes, Georges River, Gilgandra, Glen Innes Severn, Goulburn Mulwaree, Greater Hume, Griffith, Gunnedah, Gwydir, Hawkesbury, Hay, Hilltops, Hornsby, Inner West, Inverell, Junee, Kempsey, Kiama, Ku-Ring-Gai, Kyogle, Lachlan, Lake Macquarie, Leeton, Lismore, Lithgow, Liverpool, Liverpool Plains, Lockhart, Maitland, Mid-Coast, Mid-Western, Mid-Western Regional, Moree Plains, Murray River, Murrumbidgee, Muswellbrook, Nambucca, Nambucca Valley, Narrabri, Narrandera, Narromine, Newcastle, Northern Beaches, Oberon, Orange, Parkes, Parramatta, Penrith, Port Macquarie-Hastings, Port Stephens, Queanbeyan Palerang, Randwick, Richmond Valley, Ryde, Shellharbour, Shoalhaven, Singleton, Snowy Monaro, Snowy Valleys, Strathfield, Sutherland, Tamworth Regional, Temora, Tenterfield, The Hills, Tweed, Unincorporated area (postcode 2011, 2898), Upper Hunter, Upper Lachlan, Uralla, Wagga Wagga, Walcha, Walgett, Warren, Warrumbungle, Waverley, Weddin, Wentworth, Willoughby, Wingecarribee, Wollondilly, Wollongong and Yass Valley.
		Northern Territory	Alice Springs, Barkly, Central Desert, East Arnhem, Katherine, MacDonnell, Roper Gulf, Victoria Daly, West Arnhem and West Daly.
		Queensland	Aurukun, Balonne, Banana, Barcaldine, Barcoo, Blackall-Tambo, Boulia, Brisbane, Bulloo, Bundaberg, Burdekin, Burke, Cairns, Carpentaria, Cassowary Coast, Charters Towers, Central Highlands, Cloncurry, Cook, Croydon, Cherbourg, Diamantina, Doomadgee, Douglas, Etheridge, Flinders, Fraser Coast, Gladstone, Gilgandra, Gold Coast, Goondiwindi, Gympie, Hinchinbrook, Hope Vale, Ipswich, Kowanyama, Livingstone, Lockhart River, Lockyer Valley, Logan, Longreach, Maranoa, Mareeba, McKinlay, Moreton Bay, Northern Peninsula, Mount Isa, Murweh, Noosa, North Burnett, Palm Island, Paroo, Quilpie, Redland, Richmond, Rockhampton, Scenic Rim, Somerset, South Burnett, Southern Downs, Sunshine Coast, Tablelands, Tenterfield, Toowoomba, Torres, Torres Strait, Townsville, Western Downs, Whitsunday, Winton, Wujal Wujal and Yarrabah.
		South Australia	Alexandrina, Berri Barmera, Coorong, Karoonda East Murray, Loxton Waikerie, Mid Murray, Murray Bridge and Renmark Paringa.
		Tasmania	All areas.
		Victoria	Alpine, Ararat, Ballarat, Bass Coast, Baw Baw, Benalla, Berrigan, Boroondara, Buloke, Campaspe, Cardinia, Casey, Central Goldfields, Colac Otway, Corangamite, East Gippsland, Frankston, Gannawarra, Glen Eira, Glenelg, Golden Plains, Greater Bendigo, Greater Dandenong, Greater Geelong, Greater Shepparton, Hepburn, Horsham, Indigo, Kingston, Knox, Latrobe, Loddon, Macedon Ranges, Mansfield, Maribyrnong, Maroondah, Melbourne, Melton, Mildura, Mitchell, Moira, Monash, Moonee Valley, Moorabool, Mornington Peninsula, Mount Alexander, Murrindindi, Nillumbik, Northern Grampians, Pyrenees, Snowy Valleys, South Gippsland, Southern Grampians, Strathbogie, Swan Hill, Towong, Wangaratta, Warrnambool, Wellington, Whitehorse, Wodonga, Yarra and Yarra Ranges.
		Western Australia	Ashburton, Augusta-Margaret River, Beverley, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Brookton, Broome, Bruce Rock, Bunbury, Busselton, Carnarvon, Coolgardie, Corrigin, Cue, Dardanup, Derby West Kimberley, Dundas, East Kimberley, East Pilbara, Greater Geraldton, Halls Creek, Jerramungup, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Karratha, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Morawa, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Northampton, Port Hedland, Ravensthorpe, Sandstone, Swan, Upper Gascoyne, Wanneroo, Wiluna, Wyndham-East Kimberley and Yalgoo.

Endnotes

Endnote 1—About the endnotes

The endnotes provide information about this compilation and the compiled law.

The following endnotes are included in every compilation:

Endnote 1—About the endnotes

Endnote 2—Abbreviation key

Endnote 3—Legislation history

Endnote 4—Amendment history

Abbreviation key—Endnote 2

The abbreviation key sets out abbreviations that may be used in the endnotes.

Legislation history and amendment history—Endnotes 3 and 4

Amending laws are annotated in the legislation history and amendment history.

The legislation history in endnote 3 provides information about each law that has amended (or will amend) the compiled law. The information includes commencement details for amending laws and details of any application, saving or transitional provisions that are not included in this compilation.

The amendment history in endnote 4 provides information about amendments at the provision (generally section or equivalent) level. It also includes information about any provision of the compiled law that has been repealed in accordance with a provision of the law.

Misdescribed amendments

A misdescribed amendment is an amendment that does not accurately describe how an amendment is to be made. If, despite the misdescription, the amendment can be given effect as intended, then the misdescribed amendment can be incorporated through an editorial change made under section 15V of the Legislation Act 2003.

If a misdescribed amendment cannot be given effect as intended, the amendment is not incorporated and “(md not incorp)” is added to the amendment history.

Endnote 2—Abbreviation key

ad = added or inserted	orig = original
am = amended	par = paragraph(s)/subparagraph(s)
amdt = amendment	/sub‑subparagraph(s)
c = clause(s)	pres = present
C[x] = Compilation No. x	prev = previous
Ch = Chapter(s)	(prev…) = previously
def = definition(s)	Pt = Part(s)
Dict = Dictionary	r = regulation(s)/rule(s)
disallowed = disallowed by Parliament	reloc = relocated
Div = Division(s)	renum = renumbered
exp = expires/expired or ceases/ceased to have	rep = repealed
effect	rs = repealed and substituted
F = Federal Register of Legislation	s = section(s)/subsection(s)
gaz = gazette	Sch = Schedule(s)
LA = Legislation Act 2003	Sdiv = Subdivision(s)
LIA = Legislative Instruments Act 2003	SLI = Select Legislative Instrument
(md not incorp) = misdescribed amendment	SR = Statutory Rules
cannot be given effect	Sub‑Ch = Sub‑Chapter(s)
mod = modified/modification	SubPt = Subpart(s)
No. = Number(s)	underlining = whole or part not
o = order(s)	commenced or to be commenced
Ord = Ordinance

Endnote 3—Legislation history

Name	Registration	Commencement	Application, saving and transitional provisions
Migration (Specified work and areas for subclass 417 visas) Instrument (LIN 22/012) 2022	4 March 2022 (F2022L00271)	5 March 2022	-
Migration (Specified work and areas for subclass 417 and 462 visas) Amendment Instrument (LIN 22/050) 2022	11 April 2022 (F2022L00588)	1 July 2022	-
Migration Legislation Amendment (Specified Work and Areas for Subclass 417 and 462 Visas) Instrument (LIN 24/020) 2024	1 February 2024 (F2024L00135)	2 February 2024	-
Migration Legislation Amendment (Specified Work and Areas for Subclass 417 and 462 Visas) Instrument 2025	4 April 2025 (F2025L00485)	5 April 2025	-

Endnote 4—Amendment history

Provision affected	How affected
s 2 ……………………….	rep. LA s48D
s 4 ……………………….	am. F2022L00588; F2024L00135
s 6 ……………………….	am. F2022L00588
s 7 ……………………….	am. F2022L00588
s 8 ……………………….	am. F2022L00588
s 8A …………………...	ad. F2022L00588
	rs. F2024L00135
s 9 ……………………….	rep. LA s48C
s 9 ……………………….	ad. F2024L00135
s 10 ……………………...	ad. F2025L00485
Sch 1 ………………….	am. F2022L00588; F2024L00135; F2025L00485