MIGRATION ACT 1958 - SECT 289 Registration

MIGRATION ACT 1958 - SECT 289

  (1)   The Migration Agents Registration Authority must register an applicant by entering his or her name in the Register, unless this Part prohibits registration of the applicant.

Note:   If the Migration Agents Registration Authority is considering refusing a registration application, it must give the applicant a chance to make a further submission supporting the application. See sections   309 and 310.

  (2)   The Migration Agents Registration Authority must do so as soon as possible.

  (3)   However, if the applicant was required under section   288 to satisfy 1 of 2 publishing options:

  (a)   the Authority must not register the applicant before the end of the time for objections that was specified in the notice concerned; and

  (b)   the Authority must consider any objection received within that time when deciding whether to register the applicant.