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of the application, by entering the applicant's name in the Register.

Registration by Board

"114Y. Subject to section 114V, if the Board is satisfied that an individual whose registration application is dealt with by it under section 114S is a suitable person to be a registered agent, it must register the applicant by entering the name of the applicant in the Register.

Notification of refusals

"114Z. If the Secretary or the Board decides not to register an applicant for registration as a migration agent, the Secretary or Board, as the case may be, must give the applicant written notice of the decision and of the reasons for it.

Period of registration

"114ZA.(1) Subject to sections 114ZD and 114ZE and subsection (3), the registration of a registered agent lasts for 12 months after the registration.

"(2) Subject to sections 114ZD and 114ZE and subsection (3), when the registration of a registered agent is renewed, the registration continues for 12 months from the renewal.

"(3) If the registration of a registered agent is suspended for a period, the current period of the agent's registration is extended by a period equal to that period of suspension.

Renewal of registration

"114ZB. If, at the end of a period for which a registered agent is registered, he or she is not about to be deregistered, the Board must renew his or her registration.

Notification of renewal of registration

"114ZC.(1) If, one month before the end of a period for which a registered agent is registered, he or she is not about to be deregistered, the Board must notify him or her that:

    (a)     his or her registration will be renewed under section 114ZB if he or she is not deregistered; and

    (b)     if a renewal fee is payable on renewal—that fee will be payable to the Commonwealth.

"(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), subsection 6(2) of the Migration Agents Registration (Renewal) Levy Act 1992 is taken to apply to an applicant who, at the time of the renewal, proposes to give paid immigration assistance in no more than 5 immigration cases during the period for which registration continues.

Automatic deregistration

"114ZD.(1) The Secretary must deregister a registered agent by removing his or her name from the Register if:

   (a)     he or she requests the Board, in writing, to do so; or

     (b)     if a renewal fee was payable on the renewal of his or her registration—that fee is not paid to the Commonwealth within 2 months after the renewal; or

   (c)     he or she does not comply with subsection 114ZP(2); or

   (d)     he or she dies.

"(2) The Secretary must deregister a registered agent by removing his or her name from the Register if: