Migration Agents Regulations 1998 - Declaration of value of activities, fees for assessments and standards for professional development activities 2015 - IMMI 15/106 (Cth)

Commonwealth of Australia

Migration Agents Regulations 1998

VALUE OF ACTIVITIES, FEES FOR ASSESSMENTS AND STANDARDS FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES 2015

(Clause 7A of Schedule 1, Regulations 9F, 9J and Paragraphs 9G(1)(c) and 9K(1)(c))

I, MARY-JANE JONES, Delegate of the Minister of Immigration and Border Protection acting under clause 7A of Schedule 1,  Regulations 9F and 9J and paragraphs 9G(1)(c), 9K(1)(c) to the Migration Agents Regulations 1998 (the Regulations):

1. REVOKE Instrument IMMI 14/038 signed on 14 August 2014 (F2014L01092), and

1. DECLARE for clause 7A(a) of Schedule 1 to the Regulations the value of 10 Continuing Professional Development (CPD) points; and

1. DECLARE for clause 7A(b) of Schedule 1 to the Regulations the value of one CPD
   point; and

1. SPECIFY for clause 7A(a) of Schedule 1 to the Regulations, the activities listed in Schedule A to this Instrument, that are mandatory for registered migration agents who are in their first year[1] of registration; and

   [1] First year of registration means the first time an individual has ever been registered as a migration agent in Australia.

a.do not hold an Australian legal practicing certificate; and

b.did not provide evidence to the Authority that they held an Australian legal practicing certificate as part of their initial registration application; and

c.do not hold full membership of a recognised Australian professional association of accountants[2].

1. SPECIFY for clause 7A(b) of Schedule 1 to the Regulations the activities listed in Schedule B to this Instrument, that are mandatory for all registered migration agents in any year of registration.

1. SPECIFY for subregulations 9F(1) and 9F(2) of the Regulations a fee of $99.00 for performing assessments.

1. SPECIFY for regulation 9J of the Regulations a fee of nil for performing assessments.

1. APPROVE for paragraphs 9G(1)(c) and 9K(1)(c) of the Regulations, the standard of Continuing Professional Development Approved Provider Standard Conditions as issued by the Office of the Migration Agents Registration Authority.

This Instrument, IMMI 15/106 commences on 21 November 2015.

Dated: 22 October 2015

Mary-Jane Jones

Delegate of the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection

SCHEDULE A

CPD Activity Category Title

Practice Ready Programme

SCHEDULE B

CPD Activity Category Title[3]

Accounts Management

Applied Migration Law and Practices

Business Management

CPD completed by Accredited Specialist in Immigration Law

CPD completed within the accounting profession as specified

CPD completed within the legal profession as specified

Ethics and Professional Practice

File Management

Immigration Law Specialist Accreditation Assessment Programme

Practice Ready Programme  

³ Mandatory status for the purposes of awarding CPD points relates to the completion, preparation or presentation of any of the specified CPD Activity Category titles.

² Recognised Australian professional associations of accountants are CPA Australia, Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand or the Institute of Public Accountants