Section 333D — Registration applications made before the Division 8 commencement day

333D Registration applications made before the Division 8 commencement day

Scope

(1) This section applies in relation to a person if, immediately before the Division 8 commencement day:

(a) the person had made a registration application (whether or not the person had previously been registered as a migration agent); and

(b) the Migration Agents Registration Authority had not made a decision in relation to the application.

Application of amendments to registration applications

(2) The amendments of Division 3 made by Schedule 1 to the amending Act apply in relation to the registration application as if it had been made on or after the Division 8 commencement day. Note: On and after the Division 8 commencement day, some Australian legal practitioners cannot be registered as migration agents (see section 289B).

(3) If the person was an unrestricted legal practitioner immediately before the Division 8 commencement day, section 300 (automatic continuation of registration) does not apply on and after that day in relation to the registration application. Note: If the registration had been taken to continue under subsection 300(4) before the Division 8 commencement day, the registration would end at the start of that day (see section 333B).

(4) Despite section 291 (applicant must not be registered if registration refused in past year), if the person’s registration application is refused because of section 289B (inserted by Schedule 1 to the amending Act), the refusal of the application does not prevent the person from being registered as a migration agent in accordance with a later registration application made at any time on or after the Division 8 commencement day.