# Restriction on self-advertising of the giving of immigration assistance

> act-s284 — as in force on 2026-06-04 — C2026C00232 · Compilation No. 171 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2026C00232/latest/text

284 Restriction on self-advertising of the giving of immigration
          assistance
          (1) Subject to this section, a person who is not a registered migration
              agent must not advertise that he or she gives immigration
              assistance.
               Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.
          (2) This section does not prohibit a parliamentarian from advertising
              that he or she gives immigration assistance.
               Note:      A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in this
                          subsection (see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code).

          (3) This section does not prohibit an Australian legal practitioner from
              advertising that the practitioner gives immigration assistance in
              connection with legal practice.
               Note:      A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in this
                          subsection (see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code).

          (4) This section does not prohibit an official from advertising that he
              or she gives immigration assistance in the course of acting as an
              official.
               Note:      A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in this
                          subsection (see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code).