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Migration Agents Registration Application Charge Act 1997
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> begins: a registered migration agent begins to give immigration assistance otherwise than on a non‑commercial basis on a day worked out in accordance with regulations made for the purposes of this definition.
> charge limit for a registration application made in a financial year has the meaning given by section 7.
> general charge means an amount of charge imposed by Part 2 that is prescribed by regulation, for the purposes of section 6, as the general charge.
> immigration assistance has the same meaning as in Part 3 of the Migration Act 1958.
> non‑commercial application charge means an amount of charge imposed by Part 2 that is prescribed by regulation, for the purposes of section 6, as the non‑commercial application charge.
> non‑commercial basis: a registered migration agent gives immigration assistance on a non‑commercial basis if the assistance is given solely:
(a) on a non‑commercial or non‑profit basis; and
(b) as a member of, or a person associated with, an organisation that operates in Australia solely:
(i) on a non‑commercial or non‑profit basis; and
(ii) as a charity, or for the benefit of the Australian community.
Note: Charity has the meaning given by Part 2 of the Charities Act 2013 (see section 2B of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901).
> registered migration agent has the same meaning as in Part 3 of the Migration Act 1958.
> registration application has the same meaning as in Part 3 of the Migration Act 1958.