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MIGRATION (MIGRATION AGENTS CODE OF CONDUCT) REGULATIONS 2021 - REG 32

Duty to respond to requests from Authority for information or documents

  (1)   This section applies if the Authority requests information or a document from a migration agent for the purposes of the Authority carrying out its functions under paragraphs 316(1)(a) to (d) of the Act.

  (2)   The migration agent must respond to the request:

  (a)   promptly; and

  (b)   without limiting paragraph   (a), if the Authority specifies a reasonable time by which the migration agent must respond to the request--by the specified time; and

  (c)   in accordance with subsection   (3).

  (3)   The response must:

  (a)   deal with each matter raised by the request; and

  (b)   answer any questions in the request; and

  (c)   include all requested information or documents.

Note:   Other provisions of the migration law under which a migration agent can be required to provide documents to the Authority include:

(a)   subsection   56(9) of this instrument (access to client files); and

(b)   sections   305C, 306D and 308 of the Act.



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