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MIGRATION (MIGRATION AGENTS CODE OF CONDUCT) REGULATIONS 2021 - REG 26

Duties not to make false or misleading statements in promoting business etc.

  (1)   A migration agent must not:

  (a)   make a false or misleading statement about:

  (i)   the agent's qualifications; or

  (ii)   immigration opportunities or risks; or

  (iii)   migration procedure; or

  (b)   state that the agent's status as a registered migration agent involves a special or privileged relationship with any government official; or

  (c)   state that the agent can procure a particular decision for a client under the migration law.

  (2)   A migration agent must take all reasonable steps to ensure that no member of the agent's business makes statements of the type mentioned in subsection   (1) in relation to:

  (a)   the migration agent; or

  (b)   a class of migration agents in the migration agent's business that includes the migration agent; or

  (c)   the migration agents in the migration agent's business generally.

  (3)   A migration agent must take all reasonable steps to ensure that no person publishes or broadcasts an advertisement that makes statements of the type mentioned in subsection   (1) in relation to:

  (a)   the migration agent; or

  (b)   a class of migration agents in the migration agent's business that includes the migration agent; or

  (c)   the migration agents in the migration agent's business generally.



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