Migration Agents (Continuing Professional Development Miscellaneous Activities) Office of the MARA Notice MN49-10f of 2010 (Cth)

Australian Government

Office of the Migration Agents Registration Authority

Migration Act 1958

Migration Agents Regulations 1998

MIGRATION AGENTS

(CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT –

MISCELLANEOUS ACTIVITIES)

Office of the MARA NOTICE No. MN49-10f OF 2010

The Office of the Migration Agents Registration Authority, acting under clause 3 of Schedule 1 to the Migration Agents Regulations 1998:

1. REVOKES the notice entitled Migration Agents (Continuing Professional Development – Miscellaneous Activities) Office of the MARA Notice MN40-10f of 2010, made on 30/09/2010; and

1. REVOKES the notice entitled Migration Agents (Continuing Professional Development – Authorship and Publication of Articles) MARA Notice MN42-07d of 2007, made on 16/10/2007; and

1. SPECIFIES the miscellaneous activity described in column 2 in the Schedule as an approved activity for the purposes of clause 3 where the provider or nature of the activities, and the status and points set out in columns 3 to 5 (inclusive) are satisfied.

1. DECLARES the miscellaneous activity described in columns 2 and 3 of an item in the Schedule as a mandatory activity for the purposes of clause 7A and set out in column 6.

This notice has effect on and from 1 April 1998.

Date of making: 30/11/2010

(James Andrews)

Delegate

Position Number:  60018724

[Note: (1) Clause 3 of Schedule 1 to the Migration Agents Regulations 1998 allows the Authority to specify, by notice published on its website, approved activities, including: the name of the activity; the provider (if any) of the activity; whether the activity is a core activity or an elective activity; and the number of points for each activity.]

SCHEDULE

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5	Column 6
ITEM	ACTIVITY	PROVIDER	STATUS	VALUE	MANDATORY
MISCELLANEOUS ACTIVITIES
60864	Cross Examination	Lorenzo Boccabella Continuing Professional Education	Core	1 point
60865	Time Limits & Associated Issues	Lorenzo Boccabella Continuing Professional Education	Core	1 point
60868	Preparing requests for Ministerial Intervention (Additional Assessment)	Refugee Advice and Casework Service	Core	2 points
60869	Refugee Law - Refugee Convention, Protection Visa applications and preparation (primary level) (Additional Assessment)	Refugee Advice and Casework Service	Core	2 points
60870	Refugee Law - RRT, post-RRT options and Bridging Visas (Additional Assessment)	Refugee Advice and Casework Service	Core	2 points
60871	Skilled Visas	Lorenzo Boccabella Continuing Professional Education	Core	1 point
60872	Employer Nomination Scheme and Associated Visas	Lorenzo Boccabella Continuing Professional Education	Core	1 point
60873	Health and Character	Lorenzo Boccabella Continuing Professional Education	Core	1 point
60874	Business Visas	Lorenzo Boccabella Continuing Professional Education	Core	1 point
60875	Unlawful Non-Citizens and Exclusions	Lorenzo Boccabella Continuing Professional Education	Core	1 point
60876	Merit Review	Lorenzo Boccabella Continuing Professional Education	Core	1 point
60877	Temporary Business Visas	Lorenzo Boccabella Continuing Professional Education	Core	1 point
60878	Student Visas	Lorenzo Boccabella Continuing Professional Education	Core	1 point
60879	Migration Update	Lorenzo Boccabella Continuing Professional Education	Core	1 point
60880	Judicial Review	Lorenzo Boccabella Continuing Professional Education	Core	1 point
60881	Visa Cancellations Master Class	Lorenzo Boccabella Continuing Professional Education	Core	1 point
60882	Citizenship, Resident Return Visas, Absorbed Persons & Aliens	Lorenzo Boccabella Continuing Professional Education	Core	1 point

CPD COMPLETED WITH OTHER PROFESSIONS
640000	CPD completed within the legal profession as specified(a) by the Office of the MARA	Not Applicable	Elective	4 points
640001	CPD completed within the accounting profession as specified(b) by the Office of the MARA	Not Applicable	Elective	4 points
640002	CPD completed by Accredited Specialist in Immigration Law as specified(c) by the Office of the MARA	Not Applicable	Core	10 points		Mandatory
AUTHORSHIP, SHARED AUTHORSHIP OR EDITORSHIP OF A BOOK
60101	Authorship, Shared Authorship or Editorship of a book as specified(d) by the Office of the MARA	Not Applicable	Core		3 points
60102	Authorship and Publication of an article as specified(d) by the Office of the MARA	Not Applicable	Core		3 points
STAND ALONE ASSESSMENT
60100	Immigration Law Specialist Accreditation Assessment Program	Law Institute of Victoria	Core	10 points		Mandatory

Notes:

(a) A current legal practising certificate issued by NSW, VIC, QLD, WA or NT.

(b)	Proof of:
-	-     full or fellow membership with the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia current at the time of repeat registration application.
-	-     full membership with Certified Practicing Accountants Australia current at the time of repeat registration application.
-	-     membership with the National Institute of Accountants current at the time of repeat registration application (retired members are not eligible).

(c) A current certificate of accreditation as a Specialist in immigration law issued by NSW, VIC or QLD.

(d)	The Office of the MARA has specified proof that the book or article:
-	-     contains at least 1,000 words contributed by the author or has been solely edited by the editor
-	-     the text contributes in a positive manner to the development and practice of immigration law
-	-     has not been previously published in substantially the same form
-	-     is not the published version of a paper, or of papers, presented at another approved activity for which the author has been awarded a point
-	-     deals with a topic of legal or business nature relating to migration agents’ practice