# Requiring former registered migration agents to give information or documents

> act-s311EA — as in force on 2026-06-04 — C2026C00232 · Compilation No. 171 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2026C00232/latest/text

311EA Requiring former registered migration agents to give
        information or documents
          (1) This section applies if the Migration Agents Registration Authority
              is considering making a decision under section 311A to bar a
              former registered migration agent from being a registered
              migration agent for a period.
          (2) The Authority may, by written notice given to the former agent,
              require him or her to provide the Authority with prescribed
              information or prescribed documents within the specified period
              and in the specified manner.
          (3) A period specified in a notice under this section must end at least
              14 days after the notice was given.
               Note:      Section 332H sets out when the former agent is taken to have been
                          given the notice.

               Offence
          (4) A person commits an offence if:
               (a) the person is subject to a requirement under this section; and
               (b) the person contravenes the requirement.
               Penalty: 60 penalty units.
          (5) An offence against subsection (4) is an offence of strict liability.
               Note:      For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.

               Self-incrimination
          (6) A person is not excused from giving information or providing a
              document on the ground that the information or provision of the
              document may tend to incriminate the person.
          (7) However:
               (a) any information or document provided in response to a
                   requirement under subsection (2); and










                 (b) any information or thing (including any document) obtained
                     as a direct or indirect result of information or a document
                     provided in response to a requirement under subsection (2);
               is not admissible in evidence against the person in any criminal
               proceedings (except proceedings for an offence against
               section 137.1 or 137.2 of the Criminal Code that relates to this Act
               or the regulations).