Bill
Migration Amendment (Regulation of Migration Agents) Bill 2018
lapsed, as at 2019-07-01. Immigration and Border Protection portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Immigration and Border Protection
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2017-06-21
- second reading — 2017-06-21
- other — 2018-03-27
- second reading — 2018-03-27
- second reading — 2018-03-27
- committee — 2018-03-27
- other — 2018-03-28
- third reading — 2018-03-28
- introduced — 2018-05-08
- second reading — 2018-05-08
- second reading — 2018-12-03
- other — 2019-07-01
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2017-06-21.
The bill would tighten the rules for people who give immigration advice, changing who can register as a migration agent.
Unrestricted lawyers would be removed from the migration agent system and instead be governed only by their own professional bodies, while some restricted lawyers could stay registered for up to four years.
The bill would let the Migration Agents Registration Authority refuse applicants who fail to provide information or answer questions under oath.
- Removes unrestricted legal practitioners from the migration agent registration scheme.
- Allows eligible restricted legal practitioners to remain registered as migration agents for up to two years, extendable by another two years.
- Provides transitional arrangements for existing restricted legal practitioner migration agents, also up to four years total.
- Moves the time limit for repeat registration applications from the Act to delegated legislation and removes the 12-month deadline after finishing a prescribed course.
- Repeals outdated provisions and clarifies that the Minister, through the Migration Agents Registration Authority, exercises powers under Part 3.
- Requires migration agents to notify the Authority if they pay a non-commercial charge but give immigration assistance on a commercial basis.
Unrestricted and restricted legal practitioners, registered migration agents, and applicants for migration agent registration.
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