Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) This regulation applies to a person who is or was an approved sponsor (other than a professional development sponsor) of a primary sponsored person or a secondary sponsored person.
(2) The person must not recover, or seek to recover, from the primary sponsored person or secondary sponsored person, all or part of the following costs:
(a) the costs that relate specifically to the recruitment of the primary sponsored person, including migration agent costs;
(b) the costs, including migration agent costs, associated with:
(i) becoming an approved sponsor; or
(ii) being an approved sponsor; or
(iii) being a former approved sponsor.
(2A) In addition to subregulation (2), if:
(a) the person is or was:
(i) a domestic worker sponsor in relation to a primary sponsored person or a secondary sponsored person (the sponsored person ); or
(ii) a religious worker sponsor in relation to a sponsored person; or
(iii) a party to a work agreement who is or was an approved sponsor in relation to a sponsored person; and
(b) either:
(i) the sponsored person holds a Subclass 427 (Domestic Worker (Temporary) -- Executive) visa or a Subclass 428 (Religious Worker) visa; or
(ii) the last substantive visa held by the sponsored person was a Subclass 427 (Domestic Worker (Temporary) -- Executive) visa or a Subclass 428 (Religious Worker) visa;
the person must not recover or seek to recover from the sponsored person any expenditure by the person in relation to financial support of the sponsored person in Australia.
(3) If the person is or was approved as a sponsor in a class of sponsor under subsection 140E (1) of the Act, the obligations mentioned in subregulations (2) and (2A):
(a) start to apply on the day on which the person is approved as a sponsor; and
(b) end on the day on which each of the following has occurred:
(i) the person ceases to be an approved sponsor;
(ii) there is no primary sponsored person or secondary sponsored person in relation to the person.
(4) If the person is or was a party to a work agreement, the obligations mentioned in subregulations (2) and (2A):
(a) start to apply on the day on which the work agreement commences; and
(b) end on the day on which each of the following has occurred:
(i) the person ceases to be a party to a work agreement;
(ii) there is no primary sponsored person or secondary sponsored person in relation to the person.