Section 245AYA — Overview
CurrentPart 2—Arrival, presence and departure of persons · Division 12—Offences etc. in relation to entry into, and remaining in, Australia · Subdivision E—Prohibited employers · Migration Act 1958
C2026C00232 · Compilation No. 171As in force on 4 June 2026
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- Provision
- Section 245AYA
- As in force on
- 4 June 2026
- Citation
- C2026C00232 · Compilation No. 171
Section 245AYA — Overview
245AYA Overview
(1) This Subdivision provides for the Minister to declare a person to be a prohibited employer for a specified period if:
(a) the person is subject to a migrant worker sanction; and
(b) no more than 5 years have passed since the person became subject to that sanction.
(2) Sections 245AYE to 245AYJ set out when a person is subject to a migrant worker sanction.
(3) While a declaration is in effect, a prohibited employer must not:
(a) allow certain additional non-citizens to begin work; or
(b) have a material role in a decision made by a body corporate or other body to allow certain additional non-citizens to begin work.
(4) After a person stops being a prohibited employer, the person must give the Department specified information about certain lawful non-citizens who the person allows to begin to work in the 12 month period after so ceasing.

