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MIGRATION ACT 1958 - SECT 275

Interpretation

    In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears:

"Australian legal practitioner" means a lawyer who holds a practising certificate (whether restricted or unrestricted) granted under a law of a State or Territory.

Note:   For the meaning of lawyer , see subsection   5(1).

"cancellation review applicant" means an applicant for:

  (a)   review of a decision to cancel a visa held by the applicant; or

  (b)   revocation under section   137L of the cancellation of a visa held by the applicant; or

  (c)   review of a decision under that section not to revoke such a cancellation.

"cancellation review application" , in relation to a cancellation review applicant, means the application by the applicant.

"client" : see section   306C.

"eligible" : see section   278A.

"eligible period" : see section   278A.

"immigration assistance" : see section   276.

"inactive migration agent" : see section   306B.

"legal practice" means the provision of legal services regulated by a law of a State or Territory.

"Migration Agents Registration Authority" means the body mentioned in section   315.

Note:   If a power or function is expressed to be given to the Migration Agents Registration Authority, it may only be exercised by the Minister, or by a delegate of the Minister under section   320 (see subsection   315(2)).

"migration procedure" means the law, and administrative practice, relating to immigration.

"official" means:

  (a)   a person appointed or engaged under the Public Service Act 1999 ; or

  (c)   a member of the public service of a State or Territory; or

  (d)   a member of the staff of a Parliamentarian.

"parliamentarian" means:

  (a)   a Senator; or

  (b)   a Member of the House of Representatives; or

  (c)   a member of the Parliament of a State; or

  (d)   a member of the Legislative Assembly of a Territory.

"Register" means the Register of Migration Agents kept under section   287.

"registered migration agent" means an individual registered as a migration agent under Division   3.

"registration application" means an application to be registered as a migration agent.

"registration application fee" means charge imposed by section   4 of the Migration Agents Registration Application Charge Act 1997 on a registration application.

"registration status charge" means charge imposed by section   10 of the Migration Agents Registration Application Charge Act 1997 .

"related by employment" : see section   278.

"restricted" : a practising certificate held by an Australian legal practitioner is restricted if:

  (a)   it is subject to a condition requiring the practitioner to undertake supervised legal practice for a specified period; and

  (b)   such a condition was not imposed as a disciplinary measure by an authority responsible for disciplining Australian legal practitioners in a State or Territory.

Note:   A practising certificate subject to a supervision condition of the kind mentioned in paragraph   (a) is, however, taken to be unrestricted if the condition was imposed as a disciplinary measure as mentioned in paragraph   (b) (see the definition of unrestricted in this section).

"restricted legal practitioner" means an Australian legal practitioner whose practising certificate is restricted (within the meaning of this Part).

"review authority" means:

  (a)   the Tribunal in reviewing a Part   5 - reviewable decision; or

  (b)   the Tribunal in reviewing a Part   7 - reviewable decision; or

  (c)   the Immigration Assessment Authority.

"unrestricted" : a practising certificate held by an Australian legal practitioner is unrestricted if it is not restricted (within the meaning of this Part).

"unrestricted legal practitioner" means an Australian legal practitioner whose practising certificate is unrestricted (within the meaning of this Part).


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