# Interpretation

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275 Interpretation
               In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears:
               Australian legal practitioner means a lawyer who holds a
               practising certificate (whether restricted or unrestricted) granted
               under a law of a State or Territory.
               Note:      For the meaning of lawyer, see subsection 5(1).

               cancellation review applicant means an applicant for:
                 (a) review of a decision to cancel a visa held by the applicant; or
                (b) revocation under section 137L of the cancellation of a visa
                     held by the applicant; or
                 (c) review of a decision under that section not to revoke such a
                     cancellation.
               cancellation review application, in relation to a cancellation
               review applicant, means the application by the applicant.
               client: see section 306C.
               eligible: see section 278A.
               eligible period: see section 278A.
               immigration assistance: see section 276.
               inactive migration agent: see section 306B.
               legal practice means the provision of legal services regulated by a
               law of a State or Territory.










               Migration Agents Registration Authority means the body
               mentioned in section 315.
               Note:      If a power or function is expressed to be given to the Migration
                          Agents Registration Authority, it may only be exercised by the
                          Minister, or by a delegate of the Minister under section 320 (see
                          subsection 315(2)).

               migration procedure means the law, and administrative practice,
               relating to immigration.
               official means:
                 (a) a person appointed or engaged under the Public Service Act
                     1999; or
                 (c) a member of the public service of a State or Territory; or
                (d) a member of the staff of a Parliamentarian.
               parliamentarian means:
                (a) a Senator; or
                (b) a Member of the House of Representatives; or
                (c) a member of the Parliament of a State; or
                (d) a member of the Legislative Assembly of a Territory.
               Register means the Register of Migration Agents kept under
               section 287.
               registered migration agent means an individual registered as a
               migration agent under Division 3.
               registration application means an application to be registered as a
               migration agent.
               registration application fee means charge imposed by section 4 of
               the Migration Agents Registration Application Charge Act 1997 on
               a registration application.
               registration status charge means charge imposed by section 10 of
               the Migration Agents Registration Application Charge Act 1997.
               related by employment: see section 278.









               restricted: a practising certificate held by an Australian legal
               practitioner is restricted if:
                 (a) it is subject to a condition requiring the practitioner to
                     undertake supervised legal practice for a specified period;
                     and
                 (b) such a condition was not imposed as a disciplinary measure
                     by an authority responsible for disciplining Australian legal
                     practitioners in a State or Territory.
               Note:      A practising certificate subject to a supervision condition of the kind
                          mentioned in paragraph (a) is, however, taken to be unrestricted if the
                          condition was imposed as a disciplinary measure as mentioned in
                          paragraph (b) (see the definition of unrestricted in this section).

               restricted legal practitioner means an Australian legal practitioner
               whose practising certificate is restricted (within the meaning of this
               Part).
               unrestricted: a practising certificate held by an Australian legal
               practitioner is unrestricted if it is not restricted (within the
               meaning of this Part).
               unrestricted legal practitioner means an Australian legal
               practitioner whose practising certificate is unrestricted (within the
               meaning of this Part).