Bills Digest No. 73 1997-98
Migration Agents Registration Application Charge Bill 1997
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Migration Agents Registration Application Charge Bill 1997
Date Introduced: 1 October 1997
House: House of Representatives
Portfolio: Immigration and Multicultural 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 existing Migration Agents Registration (Application) Levy Act
1992 provides for a two-tiered system of registering Migration
Agents.Section 6 of that Actallows a person who is proposing to give immigration
assistance in no more than 5 cases can pay the reduced fee ($105) or otherwise
the full fee ($1050).There is also a formula for working out the fee payable
by employees who work as Migration Agents for a corporation or other employer.This
Act will be repealed by the Migration Legislation Amendment (Migration
Agents) Bill 1997.
Susan Downing
29 October 1997
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