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MIGRATION ACT 1958 - SECT 287

Register of Migration Agents

  (1)   The Migration Agents Registration Authority must keep a register, to be known as the Register of Migration Agents, listing individuals who are registered as migration agents.

  (2)   The Register is to show in respect of each registered migration agent:

  (a)   the agent's full name; and

  (b)   any business names of the agent or the agent's employer; and

  (c)   a business address for the agent; and

  (d)   a telephone number for contacting the agent; and

  (e)   the date on which the agent was registered most recently; and

  (g)   particulars of any suspension of the agent's registration; and

  (h)   particulars of any caution given to the agent; and

  (i)   particulars of any other prescribed matter.

  (3)   The Migration Agents Registration Authority must keep records to show:

  (a)   what was in the Register from time to time; and

  (b)   particulars of any cancellation or suspension of a registered migration agent's registration or of any caution given to such an agent.

  (3A)   The Authority may publish, in the prescribed way, a list of the names of former registered migration agents, their former migration agent registration numbers and the date they ceased to be registered. The Authority must remove a person's details from the list at the end of the prescribed period.

  (4)   The Migration Agents Registration Authority must make the Register available, in a suitable form and at reasonable times, for inspection by any person.

Removal of disciplinary details

  (5)   The Authority must remove from the Register the following details:

  (a)   particulars of any suspension of a registered migration agent's registration (if the suspension is no longer in effect);

  (b)   particulars of any caution given to such an agent (if the caution is no longer in effect).

Time for removal

  (6)   The Authority must remove the details within the period worked out in accordance with the regulations.

  (7)   The regulations may prescribe different periods in relation to details about suspensions or cautions.


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