Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

MIGRATION ACT 1958 - SECT 140Q

  (1)   A person contravenes this subsection if:

  (a)   the regulations impose a sponsorship obligation on the person; and

  (b)   the person fails to satisfy the sponsorship obligation in the manner (if any) or within the period (if any) prescribed by the regulations.

Civil penalty:

  (a)   if the person is an approved work sponsor--240 penalty units; or

  (b)   in any other case--60 penalty units.

  (2)   A person contravenes this subsection if:

  (a)   the person (other than a Minister) is a party to a work agreement; and

  (b)   the terms of the work agreement:

  (i)   vary a sponsorship obligation that would otherwise be imposed on the person by the regulations; or

  (ii)   impose an obligation, identified in the agreement as a sponsorship obligation, on the person; and

  (c)   the person fails to satisfy the sponsorship obligation in the manner (if any) or within the period (if any) specified in the work agreement.

Civil penalty:   240 penalty units.