Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00376:reg:7
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00376
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 7
Character Range: 7448–10059

7  Definitions
Note: See also section 8 (expressions have same meaning as in Part 3 of the Act).
  In this instrument:
Act means the Migration Act 1958.
Authority means the Migration Agents Registration Authority.
business: a migration agent's business consists of the following members:
 (a) the agent;
 (b) any individual who is related by employment to the migration agent.
client money: see section 10.
consumer guide has the same meaning as in the Migration Agents Regulations 1998.
covers: a service agreement covers:
 (a) each client to whom immigration assistance is to be given under the agreement; and
 (b) the immigration assistance that is to be given under the agreement.
employee includes:
 (a) a person engaged as a consultant or as an independent contractor; and
 (b) a person engaged as a volunteer.
engage in conduct means:
 (a) do an act; or
 (b) omit to perform an act.
financial institution means a body corporate that, as part of its normal activities:
 (a) takes money on deposit and makes advances of money; and
 (b) does so under a regulatory regime, governed by the central bank (or its equivalent) of the country in which it operates, that the Minister is satisfied provides effective prudential assurance.
fixed fee: see subsection 46(2).
futile: see subsection 19(3).
government official includes the following:
 (a) the Minister;
 (b) a member of the Minister's staff;
 (c) the Department (including the Authority);
 (d) an officer of the Department;
 (e) a review authority;
 (f) a member of a review authority's staff;
 (g) any other person performing functions or exercising powers under the migration law.
immigration assistance: see section 9.
initial consultation: see subsection 43(4).
MARN is short for migration agent registration number.
members: see the definition of business.
migration law means any of the following:
 (a) the Act;
 (b) regulations made under the Act (including this instrument);
 (c) any other instrument made under the Act or those regulations.
related by employment: see section 11.
responsible migration agent: see section 12.
service agreement means an agreement for the giving of immigration assistance by a migration agent to a client.
Note: A service agreement must provide for the giving of immigration assistance, but may also provide for the performance of other work or services.
terminated: to avoid doubt, a reference to a service agreement being terminated does not include a reference to the agreement being brought to an end by the fulfilment of the obligations under the agreement.
work or services includes immigration assistance.