# When a person is subject to a migrant worker sanction—bar placed on approved work sponsor etc.

> act-s245AYE — as in force on 2026-06-04 — C2026C00232 · Compilation No. 171 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2026C00232/latest/text

245AYE When a person is subject to a migrant worker sanction—
        bar placed on approved work sponsor etc.

               Bar placed on approved work sponsor
          (1) A person is subject to a migrant worker sanction if:
               (a) the person is an approved work sponsor; and
               (b) a bar is placed on the person under paragraph 140M(1)(c) or
                   (d); and
               (c) either:
                     (i) the person has not requested the Minister to waive the
                         bar in accordance with any regulations made for the
                         purposes of section 140P; or










                      (ii) if the person has made such a request—the Minister has
                           not waived the bar under subsection 140O(2).

               Failure to comply with compliance notice
          (2) A person is subject to a migrant worker sanction if:
               (a) the person is or was an approved work sponsor; and
               (b) a civil penalty order is made against the person in relation to
                   a contravention of subsection 140RB(5).