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].