Australian Immigration Daily News

The Migration Agents Amendment (CPD Requirements) Regulations 2019 (the Regulations) amend the Migration Agents Regulations 1998 (the Migration Agents Regulations) to exempt lawyers who hold practising certificates from continuing professional development (CPD) requirements for migration agents when applying for repeat registration as a migration agent.

In particular, the Regulations amend the Migration Agents Regulations to insert new regulation 6A. This new regulation ensures that registered migration agents who are also lawyers with legal practising certificates are not required to complete migration agent as well as legal CPD requirements.

No consultation was considered necessary as the Regulations are considered to be machinery in nature. This accords with subsection 17(1) of the Legislation Act 2003 (the Legislation Act) which envisages consultations where necessary and reasonably practicable.

Source:

Migration-Agents-Amendment-CPD-Requirements-Regulations-2019----the-Reg.pdf

and

Migration-Agents-Amendment-CPD-Requirements-Regulations-2019.pdf