Section 140N — Migration Act 1958 (Cth)

(1) The regulations may establish a process for the Minister to cancel the approval of a person as a work sponsor or family sponsor under section 140M.

(2) The regulations may establish a process for the Minister to place a bar on a person under section 140M.

(3) Different processes may be prescribed for:

(a) different kinds of visa (however described); and

(b) different classes in relation to which a person may be, or may have been, approved as a work sponsor or family sponsor.

(4) If the regulations provide for notification by the Minister of the decision to take action under section 140M, then the following provisions of the ART Act do not apply to the decision:

(a) section 267 (decision‑maker must have regard to rules when giving notice of decision);

(b) section 268 (requesting reasons for a reviewable decision from decision‑maker).

Related sections

• s 140K — Sanctions for failing to satisfy sponsorship obligations
• s 140L — Regulations may prescribe circumstances in which sponsor may be barred or sponsor’s approval cancelled
• s 140M — Cancelling approval as a sponsor or barring a sponsor
• s 140O — Waiving a bar
• s 140P — Process for waiving a bar
• s 140Q — Civil penalty—failing to satisfy sponsorship obligations

Research how courts apply s 140N

BriefBridge searches Australian caselaw by meaning — every answer cited to the paragraph.