# Authorised officer may enter premises for a visa monitoring purpose

> act-s268CA — as in force on 2026-06-04 — C2026C00232 · Compilation No. 171 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2026C00232/latest/text

268CA Authorised officer may enter premises for a visa monitoring
        purpose
          (1) An authorised officer may for a visa monitoring purpose:
               (a) enter any premises:
                     (i) occupied by an education provider for the purposes of
                         providing courses of education or of training; or
                    (ii) at which it is reasonable to believe there might be a
                         thing belonging to or possessed by an education
                         provider, or an activity conducted by or with the consent
                         of the provider, that is relevant to a visa monitoring
                         purpose (whether or not those premises are occupied by
                         the provider); and
               (b) exercise the monitoring powers set out in section 268CI.
          (2) An authorised officer is not authorised to enter premises under
              subsection (1) unless:
                (a) the occupier of the premises has consented to the entry and
                    the officer has shown his or her identity card if requested by
                    the occupier; or
                      Note:    Section 268CC sets out the requirements for obtaining the
                               occupier’s consent.
                 (b) the entry is made under a monitoring warrant.
                      Note:    Monitoring warrants are issued under section 268CE or 268CZD.

          (3) The powers in this Subdivision may be exercised 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              relevant student visa is no longer in effect or the holder of any such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.