ANZSCO 2013, Version 1.2: the default occupation classification in the Migration Regulations

ANZSCO 2013, Version 1.2, was released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics on 26 June 2013 under catalogue number 1220.0. It is now archived on the ABS website.

Section 6(2) of the Migration (ANZSCO Definition) Specification 2024 (LIN 24/105) provides that, subject to section 6(3), ANZSCO means the classification as in force on 27 June 2013. The explanatory statement identifies this as ANZSCO version 1.2, released on 26 June 2013.

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Occupations, skill levels and unit groups: Australian Bureau of Statistics, ANZSCO 2022 (CC BY 4.0). Lists, assessing authorities and caveats: the instruments on the Federal Register of Legislation, matched by 6-digit code; the MLTSSL, STSOL, ROL and 494 lists use ANZSCO 2013 codes. Being on a list is one requirement; each visa has others.

Where the 2013 edition applies

The 2013 edition is the default across the Migration Regulations 1994. The explanatory statement says it applies except as provided in section 6(3), or where an instrument made under the Regulations shows a contrary intention.

Section 6(3) moves three provisions to the 2022 edition: regulations 2.72 and 2.73, on subclass 457 and 482 nominations, and subregulation 5.19(5), on subclass 186 nominations in the Temporary Residence Transition stream. Instruments that set their own edition, such as LIN 24/093 for the subclass 186 list, follow their own definition.

Which ANZSCO edition LIN 24/105 specifies

Provision	Edition
Regulations 2.72 and 2.73, subregulation 5.19(5)	As in force on 23 November 2022 (s 6(3))
Everywhere else ANZSCO is used in the Regulations	As in force on 27 June 2013, Version 1.2 (s 6(2))

Before LIN 24/105

Until 7 December 2024 the definition sat in section 5 of LIN 19/051, the skilled occupation list instrument. Schedule 1 to LIN 24/105 repealed that section, and the explanatory statement records that the definition is instead being specified in LIN 24/105.

ANZSCO and OSCA

On 6 December 2024 the ABS released the Occupation Standard Classification for Australia (OSCA), which it says replaces the Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO) for use in Australia. The Migration Regulations do not refer to OSCA. Section 6 of LIN 24/105 fixes the ANZSCO editions that apply, by date.