Migration Agents Registration Authority
Migration Act 1958
Migration Agents Regulations 1998
MIGRATION AGENTS
(CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT –
PREPARATION OF MATERIAL FOR PRESENTATION)
MARA NOTICE MN 28 OF 2003
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 – Preparation of Material for Presentation) Notice No. 1 of 2002, signed on 29 January 2002.
(2) SPECIFIES that each of the following activities is approved:
(a) the preparation of or presentation of written or oral material which is to be part of or constitute a program of education, conducted by a person or persons currently qualified by practical experience or academic qualifications in the subject matter of the course, that is comprehensive or refresher training;
(b) the preparation or presentation of written or oral material which is to be part of or constitute a private study of audio, video or written material, for example recordings of approved activities;
(c) the preparation or presentation of written or oral material for the purposes of attendance at an approved seminar, workshop, conference or lecture that is conducted by a person or persons currently qualified by practical experience or academic qualifications in the subject matter of the activity; and
(d) the preparation or presentation of written or oral material for use in an examination mentioned at paragraph 8(a) of Schedule 1 of the Migration Agents Regulations 1998.
However, the activity:
(a) must have been completed on or after 1 April 1998;
(b) must not be the preparation or presentation of material that is substantially in the same form as material which a migration agent has already claimed as any other approved activity; and
(c) must be a core activity or an elective activity.
(3) The activity is a core activity if it:
(a) relates specifically to:
(i) the Migration Act 1958; or
(ii) the Migration Regulations 1994; or
(iii) other legislation relating to migration procedure; or
(iv) portfolio policies and procedures; and
(b) contributes in a positive manner to the development and practice of migration law.
(4) The activity is an elective activity if it:
(a) Relates to a topic or topics of a legal or business nature that is relevant to an agent’s practice as a migration agent; and
(b) contributes in a positive manner to the development and practice of migration law.
(5) The points values for approved activities are:
(a) for an activity mentioned in paragraph (2)(a)(b)(c) or (d) - 2 points.
This notice has effect on and from 1 April 1998.
Dated 9 July 2003.
Migration Agents Registration Authority
[Note: (1) Clause 3 of Schedule 1 to the Migration Agents Regulations 1998 allows the Authority to specify, approved activities 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.]
Note: (2) Approved seminars, workshops, conferences and lectures (in accordance with paragraph (2)(c)) are listed in a separate MARA notice entitled: Migration Agents (Continuing Professional Development – Attendance at a Seminar, Workshop, Conference or Lecture].