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Section 313 — Persons charged for services to be given detailed statement of

Migration Act 1958 s 313 Australia Compilation: 18 May 2026 Verified: 2026-05-23

Text of provision

services

(1) A registered migration agent is not entitled to be paid a fee or other reward for giving immigration assistance to another person (the assisted person) unless the agent gives the assisted person a statement of services.

(2) A statement of services must set out:

(a) particulars of each service performed; and

(b) the charge made in respect of each such service.

(3) An assisted person may recover the amount of a payment as a debt due to him or her if he or she: Migration Act 1958 95 Part 3 Migration agents and immigration assistance Division 5 Obligations of registered migration agents

(a) made the payment to a registered migration agent for giving immigration assistance; and

(b) did not receive a statement of services before making the payment; and

(c) does not receive a statement of services within the period worked out in accordance with the regulations.

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