Migration (Collection of Registration Status Charge) Instrument (LIN 20/225) 2020 (Cth)

Migration (Collection of Registration Status Charge) Instrument (LIN 20/225) 2020

I, Jason Wood, Assistant Minister for Customs, Community Safety and Multicultural Affairs, make the following instrument.

Dated         6 October               2020

Jason Wood

Assistant Minister for Customs, Community Safety and Multicultural Affairs

1  Name

(1)  This instrument is the Migration (Collection of Registration Status Charge) Instrument (LIN 20/225) 2020.

(2)  This instrument may be cited as LIN 20/225.

2  Commencement

  This instrument commences on 15 October 2020.

3  Authority

This instrument is made under subsection 332A(1) of the Act.

4  Definitions

Note:          A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in section 275 of the Act, including the following:

(a)    Migration Agents Registration Authority;

(b)    registered migration agent;

(c)    registration application;

(d)    registration status charge.

In this instrument:

Act means the Migration Act 1958.

Authority means the Migration Agents Registration Authority.

begins has the same meaning as in section 3 of the Migration Agents Registration Application Charge Act 1997.

immigration assistance has same meaning as in Part 3 of the Act.

5  Repeal

In accordance with subsection 33(3) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901, the instrument Determination of the Collection of the Registration Status Charge (IMMI 14/027) is repealed.

6Collection of registration status charge

The registration status charge is due and payable on the earlier of the following times:

(a)  immediately after the registered migration agent (the agent) notifies the Migration Agents Registration Authority that the agent has begun to give immigration assistance otherwise than on a non-commercial basis; or

(b)  the start of the day after 14 days of the agent giving immigration assistance otherwise than on a non-commercial basis.

7  Application of this instrument

  This instrument applies in relation to the imposition of a registration status charge in respect of an agent’s current period of registration resulting from a registration application made on or after 15 October 2020.