# Process for cancelling approval or barring approved sponsor

> act-s140N — as in force on 2026-06-04 — C2026C00232 · Compilation No. 171 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2026C00232/latest/text

140N Process for cancelling approval or barring approved sponsor
          (1) The regulations may establish a process for the Minister to cancel
              the approval of a person as a work sponsor or family sponsor under
              section 140M.








          (2) The regulations may establish a process for the Minister to place a
              bar on a person under section 140M.
          (3) Different processes may be prescribed for:
               (a) different kinds of visa (however described); and
               (b) different classes in relation to which a person may be, or may
                    have been, approved as a work sponsor or family sponsor.
          (4) If the regulations provide for notification by the Minister of the
              decision to take action under section 140M, then the following
              provisions of the ART Act do not apply to the decision:
                (a) section 267 (decision-maker must have regard to rules when
                     giving notice of decision);
                (b) section 268 (requesting reasons for a reviewable decision
                     from decision-maker).