# Persons may make submissions

> act-s309 — as in force on 2026-06-04 — C2026C00232 · Compilation No. 171 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2026C00232/latest/text

309 Persons may make submissions
          (1) If the Migration Agents Registration Authority is considering
              refusing a registration application, it must inform the applicant of
              that fact and the reasons for it and invite the applicant to make a
              further submission in support of his or her application.
          (2) If the Migration Agents Registration Authority is considering
              making a decision under section 303 to cancel or suspend a
              registered migration agent’s registration, or to caution such an
              agent, it must inform the agent of that fact and the reasons for it
              and invite the agent to make a submission on the matter.
          (3) In this section:
               submission means:
                 (a) a statutory declaration; or
                (b) a written argument.