# Application or variation criteria no longer met

> reg-2.91 — as in force on 2026-06-01 — F2026C00497 · Compilation No. 287 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2026C00497/latest/text

2.91 Application or variation criteria no longer met
          (1) This regulation applies to a person who is or was:
               (a) a standard business sponsor; or
               (b) a professional development sponsor; or
               (c) a temporary work sponsor; or
               (d) a temporary activities sponsor; or








                  (e) a parent sponsor.
          (2) For subparagraph 140L(1)(a)(ii) of the Act, an additional circumstance is that the
              Minister is satisfied that:
               (a) the person no longer satisfies the criteria prescribed under
                    subsection 140E(1) or (1A) of the Act at the time the person was approved
                    as a work sponsor or family sponsor (as the case may be); or
               (b) if the terms of the approval of the person as a standard business sponsor,
                    temporary work sponsor, temporary activities sponsor or parent sponsor
                    have been varied—the person no longer satisfies the criteria prescribed
                    under section 140GA of the Act at the time of the approval of the variation.
          (3) For paragraph 140L(1)(b) of the Act, the criteria that the Minister must take into
              account in determining what action (if any) to take under section 140M of the
              Act in relation to the circumstance mentioned in subregulation (2) are:
                (a) the nature of the applicable sponsorship criteria that the person no longer
                    meets; and
               (b) whether, and the extent to which, the failure to continue to satisfy the
                    criteria for approval as a work sponsor or family sponsor, or to continue to
                    satisfy the criteria for approval of a variation, has had a direct or indirect
                    impact on another person; and
                (c) the reason why the person no longer satisfies the applicable sponsorship
                    criteria, including whether the failure to satisfy the criteria is within the
                    person’s control; and
               (d) the steps (if any) the person has taken to ensure that the person will satisfy
                    the applicable criteria in the future; and
                (e) any other relevant factors.