# Cancelling approval as a sponsor or barring a sponsor

> act-s140M — as in force on 2026-06-04 — C2026C00232 · Compilation No. 171 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2026C00232/latest/text

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).