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MIGRATION ACT 1958 - SECT 245AYJ

When a person is subject to a migrant worker sanction--failure to comply with certain compliance notices

Compliance notice in relation to contravention of relevant fair work provision

  (1)   A person (the first person ) is subject to a migrant worker sanction if the Minister is satisfied that:

  (a)   an inspector has given the first person a compliance notice under subsection   716(2) of the Fair Work Act 2009 in relation to a contravention of:

  (i)   a provision of the National Employment Standards (within the meaning of that Act); or

  (ii)   a term of a modern award (within the meaning of that Act); or

  (iii)   a term of an enterprise agreement (within the meaning of that Act); or

  (iv)   a term of a workplace determination (within the meaning of that Act); or

  (v)   a term of a national minimum wage order (within the meaning of that Act); or

  (vi)   a term of an equal remuneration order (within the meaning of that Act); and

  (b)   a court has confirmed the compliance notice after reviewing it under subsection   717(1) of that Act; and

  (c)   the contravention related, wholly or partly, to another person who, at the time of the contravention, was a non - citizen (other than the holder of a permanent visa); and

  (d)   the first person has failed to comply with the compliance notice and the first person does not have a reasonable excuse for so failing.

  (2)   A person (the first person ) is subject to a migrant worker sanction if the Minister is satisfied that:

  (a)   an inspector has given the first person a compliance notice under subsection   716(2) of the Fair Work Act 2009 in relation to a contravention of:

  (i)   a provision of the National Employment Standards (within the meaning of that Act); or

  (ii)   a term of a modern award (within the meaning of that Act); or

  (iii)   a term of an enterprise agreement (within the meaning of that Act); or

  (iv)   a term of a workplace determination (within the meaning of that Act); or

  (v)   a term of a national minimum wage order (within the meaning of that Act); or

  (vi)   a term of an equal remuneration order (within the meaning of that Act); and

  (b)   all of the following apply:

  (i)   the compliance notice has not been withdrawn;

  (ii)   the first person has not made an application under subsection   717(1) of that Act in relation to the compliance notice;

  (iii)   a court has not cancelled the compliance notice after reviewing it under that subsection; and

  (c)   the contravention related, wholly or partly, to another person who, at the time of the contravention, was a non - citizen (other than the holder of a permanent visa); and

  (d)   the first person has failed to comply with the compliance notice and the first person does not have a reasonable excuse for so failing.

Compliance notice in relation to contravention relating to advertisement of rates of pay

  (3)   A person is subject to a migrant worker sanction if the Minister is satisfied that:

  (a)   an inspector has given the person a compliance notice under subsection   716(2) of the Fair Work Act 2009 in relation to a contravention of subsection   536AA(1) or (2) of that Act (employer obligations in relation to advertising rates of pay); and

  (b)   a court has confirmed the compliance notice after reviewing it under subsection   717(1) of that Act; and

  (c)   the person has failed to comply with the compliance notice and the person does not have a reasonable excuse for so failing.

  (4)   A person is subject to a migrant worker sanction if the Minister is satisfied that:

  (a)   an inspector has given the person a compliance notice under subsection   716(2) of the Fair Work Act 2009 in relation to a contravention of subsection   536AA(1) or (2) of that Act (employer obligations in relation to advertising rates of pay); and

  (b)   all of the following apply:

  (i)   the compliance notice has not been withdrawn;

  (ii)   the person has not made an application under subsection   717(1) of that Act in relation to the compliance notice;

  (iii)   a court has not cancelled the compliance notice after reviewing it under that subsection; and

  (c)   the person has failed to comply with the compliance notice and the person does not have a reasonable excuse for so failing.



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