26Duties not to make false or misleading statements in promoting business etc.

26 Duties not to make false or misleading statements in promoting business etc.

(1) A migration agent must not: (a) make a false or misleading statement about: (i) the agent’s qualifications; or (ii) immigration opportunities or risks; or (iii) migration procedure; or (b) state that the agent’s status as a registered migration agent involves a special or privileged relationship with any government official; or (c) state that the agent can procure a particular decision for a client under the migration law. (2) A migration agent must take all reasonable steps to ensure that no member of the agent’s business makes statements of the type mentioned in subsection (1) in relation to: (a) the migration agent; or (b) a class of migration agents in the migration agent’s business that includes the migration agent; or (c) the migration agents in the migration agent’s business generally. (3) A migration agent must take all reasonable steps to ensure that no person publishes or broadcasts an advertisement that makes statements of the type mentioned in subsection (1) in relation to: (a) the migration agent; or (b) a class of migration agents in the migration agent’s business that includes the migration agent; or (c) the migration agents in the migration agent’s business generally.