MIGRATION ACT 1958 - SECT 268BA Production notices

MIGRATION ACT 1958 - SECT 268BA

  (1)   This section applies if the Secretary or Australian Border Force Commissioner reasonably believes that an individual specified in subsection   (4) has, or has access to, information or documents that are relevant to a visa monitoring purpose.

  (2)   The Secretary or Australian Border Force Commissioner may give the individual a written notice requiring him or her to:

  (a)   give any information or documents relevant to the visa monitoring purpose to an authorised officer; or

  (b)   show any such documents to an authorised officer; or

  (c)   make copies of any such documents and give the copies to an authorised officer.

Note:   The Secretary or Australian Border Force Commissioner may also give the individual an attendance notice: see section   268BD.

  (3)   If the information or documents are in a particular form then the production notice may require the information or documents to be given in that form.

  (4)   The individuals who may be given a production notice are:

  (a)   an officer or employee of an education provider; or

  (b)   a consultant to an education provider; or

  (c)   a partner in an education provider; or

  (d)   an individual trading as an education provider.

  (5)   A production notice under this section may be given even if any relevant student visa is no longer in effect or the holder of any such visa is no longer enrolled in a course provided by the education provider.