Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00115:reg:4:p24
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00115
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 4 (pt 24/33)
Character Range: 677112–679860

that justify waiving the bar.

2.102  Process to waive a bar
 (1) For section 140P of the Act, the Minister may waive a bar placed on the person under section 140M of the Act in accordance with the process set out in this regulation.
 (2) A request from the person to the Minister to waive the bar must:
 (a) be in writing; and
 (b) be sent to the address specified in the notice from the Minister mentioned in regulation 2.98.

Division 2.22A—Inspectors

2.102A  Period of appointment
  For subsection 140V(2) of the Act, the period specified in an instrument of appointment issued under subsection 140V(1) of the Act must not exceed 4 years.

2.102C  Purposes for which powers of inspectors may be exercised
  For paragraph 140X(b) of the Act, the purposes for which an inspector may exercise his or her powers are:
 (a) determining whether a term or a condition of a work agreement is being, or has been, complied with; and
 (b) determining whether a circumstance prescribed under section 140L of the Act exists or has existed; and
 (c) investigating a circumstance, if a circumstance exists or has existed, in order to assist the Minister in determining what (if any) action to take under section 140M of the Act.
Note 1: These purposes are additional to the purpose of determining whether a sponsorship obligation is being, or has been, complied with—see paragraph 140X(a) of the Act.
Note 2: Section 140L of the Act allows the regulations to prescribe circumstances in which an approved sponsor may be barred or an approved sponsor's approval may be cancelled. These circumstances are prescribed in Division 2.20.
Note 3: Section 140M of the Act enables the Minister to cancel the approval of an approved sponsor or to bar an approved sponsor if regulations are prescribed under section 140L of the Act.

Division 2.22B—Liability and recovery of amounts

2.102D  Liability to pay amounts
  For the purposes of subsection 140S(1) of the Act, the amount that a person is required to pay under subregulation 2.87CE(2) is prescribed in relation to the sponsorship obligation mentioned in that subregulation.

Division 2.23—Disclosure of personal information

2.103  Disclosure of personal information by Minister—approved work sponsors etc.

Information about visa holders or former visa holders
 (1) For the purposes of subsection 140ZH(1) of the Act, the kinds of information about a holder, or former holder, of a visa of a kind mentioned in subregulation (2A) that may be disclosed by the Minister in accordance with that subsection are:
 (a) information relating to a failure to comply with a visa condition; and
 (b) information about the immigration status of the visa holder or former visa holder; and
 (c) information about the terms and