For the purposes of paragraph 5(2)(b) of the Act (dealing with whether a person has functional English), the evidence referred to in each of the following paragraphs is prescribed evidence of the English language proficiency of a person:
(a) evidence specified by the Minister in an instrument in writing for this paragraph;
(c) evidence that:
(i) the person holds an award (being a degree, a higher degree, a diploma or a trade certificate) that required at least 2 years of full - time study or training; and
(ii) all instruction (including instruction received in other courses for which the person was allowed credit) for that award was conducted in English;
(d) if evidence referred to in paragraph (a) cannot be provided by the person--evidence that the person has been determined by the Minister, on the basis of an interview with the person, to have functional English.