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Section 486I — Lawyer’s certification
CurrentPart 8B—Costs orders where proceedings have no reasonable prospect of success · Migration Act 1958
C2026C00232 · Compilation No. 171As in force on 4 June 2026
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- Provision
- Section 486I
- As in force on
- 4 June 2026
- Citation
- C2026C00232 · Compilation No. 171
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Section 486I — Lawyer’s certification
486I Lawyer’s certification
(1) A lawyer must not file a document commencing migration litigation, unless the lawyer certifies in writing that there are reasonable grounds for believing that the migration litigation has a reasonable prospect of success.
(2) A court must refuse to accept a document commencing migration litigation if it is a document that, under subsection (1), must be certified and it has not been.