# Obligation to provide records and information to the Minister

> reg-2.83 — as in force on 2026-06-01 — F2026C00497 · Compilation No. 287 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2026C00497/latest/text

2.83 Obligation to provide records and information to the Minister
          (1) This regulation applies to a person who is or was an approved work sponsor.
          (2) The person must provide records or information to the Minister:
               (a) if the Minister has requested the provision of the records or information by
                   written notice in the manner specified in subregulation (3); and
               (b) if the records requested by the Minister:
                     (i) are records the person is required to keep under a law of the
                         Commonwealth or a State or Territory that applies to the person; or
                    (ii) are records the person is required to keep under regulation 2.82; and
               (c) if the records or information relates to:
                     (i) the administration of Division 3A of Part 2 of the Act and the
                         Regulations made under that Division; or
                    (ii) if the person is a party to a work agreement—the administration of the
                         work agreement; and
               (d) in the manner, and within the timeframe, requested by the Minister in the
                   notice mentioned in subregulation (3).
          (3) A notice from the Minister requesting the provision of records or information
              must:
               (a) be given using a method mentioned in section 494B of the Act; and
               (b) specify a date for compliance not earlier than 7 days after the date on
                    which a person will be taken, by section 494C of the Act, to have received
                    the document.
          (4) If the person is or was approved as a work sponsor in a class of sponsor under
              subsection 140E(1) of the Act, the obligation mentioned in subregulation (2):
                (a) starts to apply on the day on which the person is approved as a work
                     sponsor under section 140E of the Act; and
                (b) ends 2 years after the first day on which each of the following occurs
                     concurrently:
                       (i) the person ceases to be an approved work sponsor; and
                      (ii) there is no primary sponsored person or secondary sponsored person
                           in relation to the person.
          (5) If the person is or was a party to a work agreement, the obligation mentioned in
              subregulation (2):
                (a) starts to apply on the day on which the work agreement commences; and
                (b) ends 2 years after the first day on which each of the following occurs
                     concurrently:
                      (i) the person ceases to be a party to a work agreement;







                      (ii) there is no primary sponsored person or secondary sponsored person
                           in relation to the person.