9EGeneral

9E General

(1) The Minister: (a) may approve an activity as an approved activity in relation to the continuing professional development of registered migration agents; and (b) may revoke the approval of an activity if the Minister is satisfied that there is, or there is no longer, any basis on which the activity could be approved. (2) The Minister may consider approving an activity: (a) at the request of the provider of the activity; or (b) on the Minister’s initiative. (3) An activity must relate specifically to one or more of the following: (a) the Migration Act 1958; (b) the Migration Regulations 1994; (c) other legislation relating to migration procedure; (d) portfolio policies and procedures; (e) the application of paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d) to a registered migration agent’s practice; (f) a topic of a legal or business nature that is relevant to a registered migration agent’s practice as a registered migration agent. (4) An activity may include one or more of the following: (a) a program of education that is: (i) conducted by a person who is, or persons who are, qualified by practical experience or academic qualifications in the subject matter of the course; and (ii) comprehensive or refresher training; (b) distance learning, which: (i) may include the collective or private study of written material or live or recorded material in electronic form; and (ii) may or may not require a facilitator;

Note: Examples for paragraph (b) are:

(a) participation in a web‑based seminar; and
(b) watching live streaming or a recorded event; and
(c) participation in video conferencing.
(c) attendance at a seminar, workshop, conference or lecture that is conducted by a person who is, or persons who are, qualified by practical experience or academic qualifications in the subject matter of the activity;
(d) authorship and publication of an article of at least 1,000 words;
(e) preparation or presentation of written or oral material for the purposes of paragraph (a), (b) or (c), or for use in an examination that demonstrates competency as a registered migration agent;
(f) authorship, shared authorship or editorship of a book;
(g) providing immigration assistance without charge for a voluntary organisation;
(h) participation in a suitable mentoring arrangement;
(i) any other activity, specified by the Minister in an instrument in writing for this paragraph, for the purpose of meeting continuing professional development requirements.

(5) If a registered migration agent commences an approved activity before the approval of the activity is revoked under paragraph (1)(b), the revocation is taken not to apply in relation to the registered migration agent.