Common use of Contractual service suppliers Clause in Contracts

Contractual service suppliers. Contractual service suppliers (including independent professionals/ specialists). Contractual service suppliers (CSS) being natural persons with trade, technical or professional skills. Entry and stay of such natural persons is subject to employer sponsorship. Employer sponsorship requirements for this category include sponsorship by a bona fide overseas business or business operating lawfully and actively in Australia and a contract for the supply of a service within Australia. That business must have employed the natural person seeking entry and Sector or Sub- Sector Description of Category Conditions and Limitations (Including Length of Stay) must intend that person to assist in fulfilling its Australian services contract. The natural person seeking entry must be assessed as having the necessary qualifications, skills and work experience accepted as meeting the Australian standards for his or her nominated occupation, which must fall within the list of gazetted occupations. Employer sponsorship requirements may change from time to time. Labour market testing may be required for some occupations, to the extent that this is not inconsistent with Australia’s commitments under the WTO and other international trade agreements to which it is a party as at entry into force of this Agreement. Full details of employer sponsorship requirements, including the list of Sector or Sub- Sector Description of Category Conditions and Limitations (Including Length of Stay) gazetted occupations, are available on the website of the Australian government department responsible for immigration matters. (As at the date of this schedule, the address of that website was xxx.xxxx.xxx.xx) Entry is for periods of stay up to 12 months, with provision for an extension.