Migration (Critical Technology⸺Kinds of Technology) Specification (LIN 24/010) 2024 (Cth)

Migration (Critical Technology⸺Kinds of Technology) Specification (LIN 24/010) 2024

I, Clare O'Neil, Minister for Home Affairs, make the following specification.

Dated 15 February 2024

Clare O'Neil Minister for Home Affairs

Contents 1 Name 2 Commencement 3 Authority 4 Definitions 5 Critical technology–specified kinds of technology 6 Application

1 Name This instrument is the Migration (Critical Technology⸺Kinds of Technology) Specification (LIN 24/010) 2024.

2 Commencement This instrument commences on the later of: (a) 1 April 2024; and (b) the day after this instrument is registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.

3 Authority This instrument is made under subregulation 1.15Q(2) of the Migration Regulations 1994.

4 Definitions In this instrument: Regulations means the Migration Regulations 1994.

5 Critical technology–specified kinds of technology For the purposes of the definition of critical technology in regulation 1.03 of the Regulations, each kind of technology mentioned in column 1 of an item in the following table is specified.

Critical technology–specified kinds of technology Item Column 1 Column 2 Kind of technology Description 1. Advanced manufacturing and materials technology Technology that produces, forms, shapes or structures matter in forms with one or more definable properties, characteristics, qualities, or features, and the results thereof. 2. Artificial intelligence technology Technology that relates to the performance of a sequence of operations to transform or convey information, including as part of, in response to, or in support of, agents exhibiting any degree of autonomous or intelligent behaviour. 3. Advanced information and communication technology Technology that relates to advanced data analytics, advanced optical communications, advanced radiofrequency communications, high performance computing, protective cyber security technologies or virtual worlds. 4. Biotechnology Technology that (a) characterises, measures, modifies or controls biological processes or organisms; or (b) seeks to characterise, measure, modify or control biological processes or organisms. 5. Clean energy generation and storage technology Technology that is used to provide clean and renewable ways to capture, generate, store and use power. 6. Quantum technology Technology that relates to or depends on quantum mechanical properties and effects. 7. Autonomous systems, robotics, positioning, timing and sensing technology Technology that (a) detects, measures, or characterises the state of, or changes to, space-time or the electromagnetic spectrum; or (b) aids or is intended to aid the navigation of space-time or the electromagnetic spectrum; or (c) relates to advanced robotics, drones, satellites, and aerospace vehicles, operations and launch systems, including advanced aircraft engines, hypersonics, and autonomous systems operation technology; or (d) relates to the manufacture, performance, mechanics, or operations of naval nuclear propulsion systems, including the manufacture, storage and disposal of materials and systems for use in nuclear-powered vessels, and technology relating to small nuclear reactors.