# Requirement to provide further information etc

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288B Requirement to provide further information etc.

               Scope
          (1) This section applies in relation to an applicant who, on the day the
              registration application is taken to have been made, is not a
              registered migration agent.










               Notice to provide further information etc.
          (2) The Migration Agents Registration Authority may, by written
              notice given to the applicant, require the applicant to provide
              information in relation to the application, that is stated in the
              notice, by doing either of the following:
                (a) providing to the Authority, within a period prescribed for the
                    purposes of this paragraph (or that period as extended under
                    subsection (5)) and stated in the notice:
                      (i) a statutory declaration; and
                     (ii) any other specified documents;
                (b) appearing before the Authority, at a time and place stated in
                    the notice (or at another time or place fixed under
                    subsection (5)), and providing such information, with any
                    specified documents, at such an appearance.

               Refusal of application if applicant does not comply with notice
          (3) The Authority may consider refusing the application if the
              applicant fails to comply with a requirement in the notice under
              subsection (2).
               Note:      If the Authority is considering refusing a registration application, it
                          must invite the applicant to make a further submission in support of
                          the application (see subsection 309(1)).

          (4) An applicant must not be registered if:
               (a) the applicant has failed to comply with a requirement of a
                   notice under subsection (2):
                     (i) within the period to which paragraph (2)(a) applies; or
                    (ii) at the time to which paragraph (2)(b) applies; and
               (b) the Authority has invited the applicant to make a further
                   submission under subsection 309(1) in relation to the
                   information required by the notice under subsection (2); and
               (c) any of the following applies:
                     (i) the applicant fails to make such a further submission
                         within a reasonable time after the invitation is given;










                        (ii) if the applicant is given an opportunity to appear before
                             the Authority under paragraph 310(3)(b)—the applicant
                             fails to appear before the Authority;
                       (iii) the Authority is not satisfied that the applicant has
                             provided the information required by the notice under
                             subsection (2) of this section after consideration of such
                             a further submission, and (if the applicant is given an
                             opportunity to appear before the Authority under
                             paragraph 310(3)(b)) any information given by the
                             applicant at such an appearance.

               Other matters
          (5) The Authority may, by written notice given to the applicant:
               (a) upon a request of the applicant made within the period to
                   which paragraph (2)(a) applies, extend the period; or
               (b) upon a request of the applicant made before the time to
                   which paragraph (2)(b) applies, fix a new time or place for
                   the applicant to appear before the Authority.
          (6) A notice under subsection (2) must include a statement explaining
              the consequences under this section of failing to comply with the
              requirements of the notice.