Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00971:clause:1_300
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00971
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 300
Character Range: 4200–5738

300  Automatic continuation of registration

 (1) If:
 (a) before the end of the last day (the expiry day) of the period of registration of a registered agent, the agent has made a registration application; and
 (b) the agent has paid the registration application fee (if any) in respect of the application; and
 (c) the Migration Agents Registration Authority has not decided the application before the end of the expiry day;
the agent's registration is taken to continue until the Authority decides the application.

Application granted if no decision within a certain period

 (2) However, if the Authority has not decided the registration application before the end of the period of 10 months beginning on the day after the expiry day, the application is taken to have been granted at the end of that period.

When registration takes effect

 (3) If the Authority grants the registration application, or the registration application is taken to have been granted under subsection (2), the registration is treated as having taken effect at the end of the expiry day.

Example: An agent's registration is due to end on 31 October (the expiry day). On 20 October the agent applies to be registered again. The Authority has not decided the application by the end of 31 October.

 The agent's registration continues automatically past 31 October until the Authority decides the application.

 On 15 November the Authority grants the application. The new 12 month registration is treated as having taken effect at the end of 31 October.