The Japan-Australia Economic Partnership Agreement (JAEPA)
entered into force on 15 January 2015.
Australia’s international trade obligations which preclude labour
market testing in the 457 programme are specified in a Legislative
Instrument. Due to the close proximity of the entry into force dates of
the JAEPA and the Korea-Australia Free Trade Agreement (KAFTA), a
separate Legislative Instrument IMMI
14/113: Japan Australia Economic Partnership Agreement Determination 2014
has
been created to specify Australia’s commitments under the JAEPA which immediately came into force from 15 January 2015.
The effect of the obligations under the JAEPA is that labour
market testing will not be applied to Japanese nationals or to employees of
businesses in Japan transferring to an Australian branch of that business being
nominated under the 457 programme.
