Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2008A00159:clause:1_140h
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2008A00159
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 140H
Character Range: 8919–11047

140H  Sponsorship obligations

 (1) A person who is or was an approved sponsor must satisfy the sponsorship obligations prescribed by the regulations.

Note: The following are examples of the kinds of sponsorship obligations that might be prescribed by the regulations:

(a) to pay a minimum wage (however described) to a visa holder sponsored by the approved sponsor;

(b) to pay to the Commonwealth certain costs, which may include costs of locating, detaining and removing from Australia a visa holder sponsored by the approved sponsor;

(c) to pay the costs of the departure from Australia of a visa holder sponsored by the approved sponsor;

(d) to comply with the Department's requirements to provide information to the Department;

(e) to notify the Department of changes in the circumstances of the sponsor or of a visa holder sponsored by the approved sponsor;

(f) to cooperate with the Department's monitoring of the approved sponsor or of a visa holder sponsored by the sponsor.

 (2) However, if:
 (a) a person (other than a Minister) is or was a party to a work agreement; and
 (b) a sponsorship obligation, that would otherwise be imposed on the person by the regulations, is varied by a term of the agreement;
then, the person must satisfy the sponsorship obligation as so varied.

 (3) If:
 (a) a person (other than a Minister) is or was a party to a work agreement; and
 (b) an obligation, identified in the agreement as a sponsorship obligation, is imposed on the person by a term of the agreement;
then, the person must also satisfy the sponsorship obligation imposed by the term of the agreement.

 (4) The regulations may require a person to satisfy sponsorship obligations in respect of each visa holder sponsored by the person or generally.

 (5) Sponsorship obligations must be satisfied in the manner (if any) and within the period (if any) prescribed by the regulations.

 (6) Different kinds of sponsorship obligations may be prescribed for:
 (a) different kinds of visa (however described); and
 (b) different classes in relation to which a person may be, or may have been, approved as a sponsor.