MIGRATION AGENTS REGISTRATION APPLICATION CHARGE REGULATIONS 1998 - REG 6 Working out amount of charge

MIGRATION AGENTS REGISTRATION APPLICATION CHARGE REGULATIONS 1998 - REG 6

    For th e purposes of the definition of begins in section   3 of the Act, and paragraph   (a) of the definition of remaining period in subsection   12(1) of the Act, the first day in the current period of a registered migration agent's registration on which the agent begins to give immigration assistance otherwise than on a non - commercial basis is the earliest of the following days:

  (a)   the first day in the period on which the agent gives a client an estimate of fees before starting work on behalf of the client;

  (b)   the first day in the period on which the agent charges a client a fee for services provided;

  (c)   the first day in the period on which the agent is (or becomes) a person associated with, or a member of, an organisation that gives immigration assistance on a commercial, or for - profit, basis;

  (d)   the first day in the period on which the agent is not (or is no longer) a member of, or a person associated with, an organisation that operates in Australia solely:

  (i)   on a non - commercial or non - profit basis; and

  (ii)   as a charity, or for the benefit of the Australian community.

Note:   Charity has the meaning given by Part   2 of the Charities Act 2013 (see section   2B of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 ).