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This Act may be cited as the Migration Agents Registration (Renewal) Levy Act 1992.
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This Act may be cited as the Migration Agents Registration (Renewal) Levy Act 1992.
This Act commences on the day on which the Migration Amendment Act (No 3) 1992 commences.
In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:
entrance applicant, immigration assistance, immigration case, paid immigration assistance and registered agent have the same meanings as in Part 2A of the Migration Act 1958.
Levy is imposed on the renewal of an individual’s registration as a registered agent.
Levy is not imposed on the renewal of the registration of a registered agent who gives immigration assistance to entrance applicants only in his or her capacity as an employee of, or a voluntary worker for, a person or organisation that does not charge entrance applicants a fee, nor require any other reward from them, for the giving of such assistance.
(1) The amount of levy payable in respect of a registration renewed in a financial year starting on or after 1 July 1995 is, subject to subsection (3), the amount worked out under the formula:
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where:
new CGFCE number means the number worked out as follows:
(a) take the first set of Commonwealth Government Final Consumption Expenditure Implicit Price Deflators to be issued by the Department of Finance after 1 January in the previous financial year;
(b) find the number that relates to the period ending on 31 December in the previous financial year;
(c) that number is the new CGFCE number.
base CGFCE number means the number worked out as follows:
(a) take the first set of Commonwealth Government Final Consumption Expenditure Implicit Price Deflators to be issued by the Department of Finance after 1 January in the previous financial year;
(b) find the number that relates to the period ending on 31 December 1993;
(c) that number is the base CGFCE number.
relevant base rate means the base rate applicable under subsection (2) to the renewal of the registration.
(2) The base rate applicable to a renewal of a registration is as follows:
(a) if, at the time of the renewal, the individual whose registration is renewed proposes to give immigration assistance in the capacity of an employee of a registered agent, an employee of a partnership at least one of whose members is a registered agent, or an employee of a corporation at least one of whose executive officers is a registered agent, then:
(i) if he or she also proposes at that time to give during the period for which the registration is continued, and during that period gives, paid immigration assistance in no more than 5 cases—$50; or
(ii) if subparagraph (i) does not apply—$525;
(b) if the individual whose registration is renewed is not proposing, at the time of that renewal, to give immigration assistance in any of the capacities mentioned in paragraph (a), then:
(i) if he or she proposes at that time to give during the period for which the registration is continued, and during that period gives, paid immigration assistance in no more than 5 cases—$105; or
(ii) if subparagraph (i) does not apply—$1,050.
(3) If an amount worked out under the formula in subsection (1) is not a multiple of $5, the amount is to be rounded as follows:
(a) if the amount exceeds the nearest lower multiple of $5 by $2.50 or more—round the amount up to the nearest higher multiple of $5;
(b) in any other case—round the amount down to the nearest lower multiple of $5.
Levy is payable by the individual whose registration is renewed.
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This Act may be cited as the Migration Agents Registration (Renewal) Levy Act 1992.
This Act commences on the day on which the Migration Amendment Act (No 3) 1992 commences.
In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:
entrance applicant, immigration assistance, immigration case, paid immigration assistance and registered agent have the same meanings as in Part 2A of the Migration Act 1958.
Levy is imposed on the renewal of an individual’s registration as a registered agent.
Levy is not imposed on the renewal of the registration of a registered agent who gives immigration assistance to entrance applicants only in his or her capacity as an employee of, or a voluntary worker for, a person or organisation that does not charge entrance applicants a fee, nor require any other reward from them, for the giving of such assistance.
(1) The amount of levy payable in respect of a registration renewed in a financial year starting on or after 1 July 1995 is, subject to subsection (3), the amount worked out under the formula:
where:
new CGFCE number means the number worked out as follows:
(a) take the first set of Commonwealth Government Final Consumption Expenditure Implicit Price Deflators to be issued by the Department of Finance after 1 January in the previous financial year;
(b) find the number that relates to the period ending on 31 December in the previous financial year;
(c) that number is the new CGFCE number.
base CGFCE number means the number worked out as follows:
(a) take the first set of Commonwealth Government Final Consumption Expenditure Implicit Price Deflators to be issued by the Department of Finance after 1 January in the previous financial year;
(b) find the number that relates to the period ending on 31 December 1993;
(c) that number is the base CGFCE number.
relevant base rate means the base rate applicable under subsection (2) to the renewal of the registration.
(2) The base rate applicable to a renewal of a registration is as follows:
(a) if, at the time of the renewal, the individual whose registration is renewed proposes to give immigration assistance in the capacity of an employee of a registered agent, an employee of a partnership at least one of whose members is a registered agent, or an employee of a corporation at least one of whose executive officers is a registered agent, then:
(i) if he or she also proposes at that time to give during the period for which the registration is continued, and during that period gives, paid immigration assistance in no more than 5 cases—$50; or
(ii) if subparagraph (i) does not apply—$525;
(b) if the individual whose registration is renewed is not proposing, at the time of that renewal, to give immigration assistance in any of the capacities mentioned in paragraph (a), then:
(i) if he or she proposes at that time to give during the period for which the registration is continued, and during that period gives, paid immigration assistance in no more than 5 cases—$105; or
(ii) if subparagraph (i) does not apply—$1,050.
(3) If an amount worked out under the formula in subsection (1) is not a multiple of $5, the amount is to be rounded as follows:
(a) if the amount exceeds the nearest lower multiple of $5 by $2.50 or more—round the amount up to the nearest higher multiple of $5;
(b) in any other case—round the amount down to the nearest lower multiple of $5.
Levy is payable by the individual whose registration is renewed.