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Requiring registered migration agents to give information or documents
Offence title:
Requiring registered migration agents to give information or documents
Act:
305C Migration Act 1958
Offence:
If the Migration Agents Registration Authority is considering refusing, suspending or cancelling registration, it can require, by written notice, prescribed information or documents within a specified manner. A person who fails to comply with the requirement commits an offence.
Penalty:
60 penalty units
Summary/Indictable/mixed:
Summary
Jurisdiction:
Local Court
How committed:
An agent is required to produce a file on a client to the Authority within a specified time, and fails to do so, commits an offence.
Important note:
Self-incrimination is no excuse for failing to answer the requirements. However, any answer given, or document produced, cannot be used in evidence against the agent in a criminal proceeding except for offences against 137.1 [False or misleading information] or 137.2 [False or misleading documents] Criminal Code as they relate to this Act or regulations.