Migration Regulations 1994

The sponsorship referred to in clause 309.213 has been approved by the Minister and is still in force.

Regulations 1.20J, 1.20KA, 1.20KB and 1.20KC limit the Minister’s discretion to approve sponsorships.

The sponsor has consented to the disclosure by the Department, to each applicant included in the sponsorship, of any conviction of the sponsor for a relevant offence (within the meaning of subregulation 1.20KC(2)).

The sponsor may be asked to consent to such disclosure on the approved form required to be completed by the sponsor in relation to the visa application.

For the purposes of subclause (2), the conviction of the sponsor for a relevant offence is to be disregarded if:

the conviction has been quashed or otherwise nullified; or

both:

the sponsor has been pardoned in relation to the conviction; and

the effect of that pardon is that the sponsor is taken never to have been convicted of the offence.

This clause does not apply in relation to an applicant who meets the requirements of subclause 309.221(2) or (3).