Migration Agents Amendment Regulations 1999 (No. 1)
Statutory Rules 1999 No. 69
I, MAJOR GENERAL MICHAEL JEFFERY, AC, MC, Administrator of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Migration Act 1958.
Dated 30 April 1999.
P.M. JEFFERY
Administrator
By His Excellency’s Command,
Philip Ruddock
Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs
Migration Agents Amendment Regulations 1999 (No. 1)1
Statutory Rules 1999 No. 692
made under the
Contents
Page
1 Name of regulations 2
2 Commencement 2
3 Amendment of Migration Agents Regulations 1998 2
Schedule 1 Amendments 3
These regulations are the Migration Agents Amendment Regulations 1999 (No. 1).
These regulations commence on 1 July 1999.
3 Amendment of Migration Agents Regulations 1998
Schedule 1 amends the Migration Agents Regulations 1998.
(regulation 3)
[1] Schedule 2, clause 1.8
omit
Migration Regulations
insert
the Migration Regulations 1994 (the Migration Regulations)
[2] Schedule 2, after clause 2.14
insert
2.14A A migration agent must not represent that he or she can procure a particular decision for a client under the Migration Act or the Migration Regulations.
[3] Schedule 2, clause 2.17
substitute
2.17 If an application under the Migration Act or the Migration Regulations is vexatious or grossly unfounded (for example, an application that has no hope of success) the agent:
(a) must not encourage the client to lodge the application; and
(b) must advise the client that, in the agent’s opinion, the application is vexatious or grossly unfounded; and
(c) if the client still wishes to lodge the application — must obtain written acknowledgment from the client of the advice given under paragraph (b).
Notes
1. These regulations amend Statutory Rules 1998 No. 53.
2. Made by the Administrator on 30 April 1999, and notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 7 May 1999.