# Attendance notices

> act-s268BD — as in force on 2026-06-04 — C2026C00232 · Compilation No. 171 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2026C00232/latest/text

268BD Attendance notices
          (1) This section applies if the Secretary or Australian Border Force
              Commissioner reasonably believes that an individual specified in
              subsection (3) 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 written notice requiring the individual to attend
              before an authorised officer and answer questions about the matter.
               Note:      The Secretary or Australian Border Force Commissioner may also
                          give the individual a production notice: see section 268BA.









          (3) The individuals who may be given an attendance 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.
          (4) An attendance 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              relevant student visa is no longer in effect or the holder of any such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.