# Production notices

> act-s268BA — as in force on 2026-06-04 — C2026C00232 · Compilation No. 171 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2026C00232/latest/text

268BA Production notices
          (1) This section applies if the Secretary or Australian Border Force
              Commissioner reasonably believes that an individual specified in
              subsection (4) has, or has access to, information or documents that
              are relevant to a visa monitoring purpose.
          (2) The Secretary or Australian Border Force Commissioner may give
              the individual a written notice requiring him or her to:
                (a) give any information or documents relevant to the visa
                    monitoring purpose to an authorised officer; or
                (b) show any such documents to an authorised officer; or









                  (c) make copies of any such documents and give the copies to an
                      authorised officer.
               Note:      The Secretary or Australian Border Force Commissioner may also
                          give the individual an attendance notice: see section 268BD.

          (3) If the information or documents are in a particular form then the
              production notice may require the information or documents to be
              given in that form.
          (4) The individuals who may be given a production notice are:
               (a) an officer or employee of an education provider; or
               (b) a consultant to an education provider; or
               (c) a partner in an education provider; or
               (d) an individual trading as an education provider.
          (5) A production notice under this section may be given even if any
              relevant student visa is no longer in effect or the holder of any such
              visa is no longer enrolled in a course provided by the education
              provider.