# Minister to approve work and family sponsors

> act-s140E — as in force on 2026-06-04 — C2026C00232 · Compilation No. 171 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2026C00232/latest/text

140E Minister to approve work and family sponsors
          (1) The Minister must approve a person as a work sponsor in relation
              to one or more classes prescribed for the purpose of subsection (2)
              if prescribed criteria are satisfied.

               Note:      A person (other than a Minister) who is a party to a work agreement is
                          an approved work sponsor and does not need to be approved as a work
                          sponsor under this section (see paragraph (b) of the definition of
                          approved work sponsor).

        (1A) The Minister must approve a person as a family sponsor in relation
             to one or more classes prescribed for the purpose of subsection (2)
             if prescribed criteria are satisfied.
          (2) The regulations must prescribe classes in relation to which a person
              may be approved as a work sponsor or family sponsor.
          (3) Different criteria may be prescribed for:
               (a) different kinds of visa (however described); and
               (b) different classes in relation to which a person may be
                    approved as a work sponsor or family sponsor; and
               (c) different classes of person within a class in relation to which
                    a person may be approved as a work sponsor or family
                    sponsor.