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Migration Agents Registration Renewal Charge Bill
1997
Date Introduced: 1 October 1997
House: House of Representatives
Portfolio: Immigration and Mulitcultural
Affairs
Commencement: 21 March 1998
To establish a system for determining the charge that migration
agents seeking registration must pay.
This Bill forms part of a package of three Bills designed to
streamline the Migration Agents Registration scheme.A more detailed
background on the overall scheme is contained above for the
Migration Legislation Amendment (Migration Agents) Bill
1997.
The Bill establishes that a charge will be payable by a person
who renews their registration as a Migration Agent after 21 March
1998.The Bill also imposes a charge limit of $1,100 for
applications for renewal made between 21 March 1998 and 30 June
1998.After 30 June 1998 there is a formula, in clause 7, for
determining what the new charge limit will be.The formula links the
charge limit to the All Groups Consumer Price Index number.
Susan Downing
29 October 1997
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