EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Migration Agents Regulations 1998
- This Notice is made under Regulation 5 of the Migration Agent Regulations 1998 (‘the Regulations’).
2. Regulation 5 of the Regulations states that for the purposes of Paragraph 289A(c) of the Migration Act 1958, a prescribed exam is an exam approved by the Authority and listed on the Authority’s website. Section 289A states that an applicant for registration as a migration agent who has never been registered, or who is applying to be registered more than 12 months after the end of his or her previous registration, must not be registered unless the Authority is satisfied that he or she has completed a prescribed course within the prescribed period and has passed a prescribed exam within the prescribed period, OR holds the prescribed qualifications.
3. The purpose of this instrument is to identify additional exams that have been approved by the Authority for the purposes of Regulation 5. It is the first time the Authority has identified ‘The common assessment items relating to registration’ which form part of the Graduate Certificate in Migration Law and Practice at a number of Australian tertiary institutions as an approved exam. The Authority has previously approved the Migration Advice Professional Knowledge Entrance Examination (MAPKEE) as an approved exam. The MAPKEE continues to be an approved exam.
4. The Notice revokes a previously published MARA notice effective from 1 July 2004 that ONLY identified the MAPKEE as an approved exam.
5. The Notice is effective as of 1 July 2006.