Section 140M — Cancelling approval as a sponsor or barring a sponsor

140M Cancelling approval as a sponsor or barring a sponsor

Actions that may be taken in relation to approved sponsors

(1) If regulations are prescribed under section 140L, the Minister may (or must) take one or more of the following actions in relation to an approved sponsor:

(a) cancelling the approval of a person as a work sponsor or family sponsor in relation to a class to which the sponsor belongs;

(b) cancelling the approval of a person as a work sponsor or family sponsor for all classes to which the sponsor belongs;

(c) barring the sponsor, for a specified period, from sponsoring more people under the terms of one or more existing specified approvals as a work sponsor or family sponsor for different kinds of visa (however described);

(d) barring the sponsor, for a specified period, from making future applications for approval as a work sponsor or family sponsor in relation to one or more classes prescribed by the regulations for the purpose of subsection 140E(2).

Action that may be taken in relation to former approved sponsors

(2) If regulations are prescribed under section 140L and a person was an approved sponsor, the Minister may (or must) bar the person, for a specified period, from making future applications for approval as a work sponsor or family sponsor in relation to one or more classes prescribed by the regulations for the purpose of subsection 140E(2).