Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) In these Regulations:
"Act" means the Migration Act 1958 .
"approved activity" , in relation to the continuing professional development of registered migration agents, means an activity specified by the Authority under clause 3 of Schedule 1.
"Authority" means the Migration Agents Registration Authority.
"client" , of a registered migration agent, means a person to whom the agent agrees (whether or not in writing) to provide immigration assistance.
"electronic communication" has the meaning given by the Electronic Transactions Act 1999 .
"financial institution" means a body corporate that, as part of its normal activities:
(a) takes money on deposit and makes advances of money; and
(b) does so under a regulatory regime, governed by the central bank (or its equivalent) of the country in which it operates, that the Minister is satisfied provides effective prudential assurance.
"Information on the Regulation of the Migration Advice Profession" means the current version of the document produced for regulation 9A.
"prescribed institution" means:
(a) an institution of higher education within the meaning of the Higher Education Funding Act 1988 ; or
(b) Bond University, within the meaning of the Bond University Act 1987 of Queensland.
(2) In these Regulations, an individual applies for repeat registration if the individual:
(a) applies for registration; and
(b) has been registered at some time in the period of 12 months before making the application.