Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - registration of Migration Agents - requirement that an agent be a person of integrity and a fit and proper person to give migration assistance - refusal of Migration Agents Registration Board to register the applicant on basis that these requirements not fulfilled - Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) affirmation of that decision - whether AAT's failure to adopt a two stage procedure of allowing further submissions after AAT had made findings of fact adverse to the applicant constitutes a failure to accord natural justice - whether Board had failed to take into account matters required by statute to be taken into account. Migration Act (1958) (Cth) ss 294(2), 295(b) and 295(d)
Smith v New South Wales Bar Association (1992) 176 CLR 256 considered and distinguished Boucher v Australian Securities Commission (1996) 71 FCR 122 cited Commissioner for Australian Capital Territory Revenue v Alphaone Pty Ltd (1994) 127 ALR 699 applied Kioa v West (1985) 159 CLR 550 cited TOUFIC LABA SARKIS v MIGRATION AGENTS REGISTRATION BOARD NG 972 of 1997 JUDGE: MERKEL J PLACE: SYDNEY DATED: 15 JUNE 1998
IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT REGISTRY NG 972 of 1997
BETWEEN: TOUFIC LABA SARKIS
Applicant
AND: MIGRATION AGENTS REGISTRATION BOARD
Respondent
JUDGE: MERKEL J
DATE OF ORDER: 15 june 1998
WHERE MADE: SYDNEY
THE COURT ORDERS THAT: 1. The application is dismissed. 2. The applicant pay the respondent's costs of the proceedings. Note: Settlement and entry of orders is dealt with in Order 36 of the Federal Court Rules.
IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT REGISTRY NG 972 of 1997
BETWEEN: TOUFIC LABA SARKIS
Applicant
AND: MIGRATION AGENTS REGISTRATION BOARD
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