Griffiths v Migration Agents Registration Authority [2001] FCA 455

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Griffiths v Migration Agents Registration Authority [2001] FCA 455

IMMIGRATION - registration of a migration agent - duty under s 289 Migration Act 1958 (Cth) for the Migration Agents Registration Authority (Authority) to register a person as a migration agent - whether registration of agent for a further twelve month period conditional upon Authority being satisfied under s 290 Migration Act 1958 (Cth) that agent is a "fit and proper person". ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - judicial review under s 7 Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 (Cth) - power of Federal Court of Australia to grant interlocutory relief pursuant to s 23 Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) - power of the Court on judicial review to order, in exceptional circumstances, a decision-maker to make a determination of a particular kind - whether interlocutory order to Authority to register a migration agent applicant for registration for a further twelve month period beyond power of Federal Court of Australia.

Migration Act 1958 (Cth), ss 280, 289, 290, 290A, 291, 292, 293, 294, 299, Div 3 of Pt 3 Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) ss 23 and 28 Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 (Cth) ss 7 and 16 Minister for Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs v Msilanga (1992) 34 FCR 169 referred to Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs v Conyngham (1986) 11 FCR 528 followed MacIntosh v Lobel (1993) 30 NSWLR 441 referred to Powerflex Services Pty Ltd v Data Access Corporation (1996) 137 ALR 498 referred to DAMIAN GERARD GRIFFITHS v MIGRATION AGENTS REGISTRATION AUTHORITY Q 76 OF 2001 DRUMMOND J BRISBANE 23 APRIL 2001

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

QUEENSLAND DISTRICT REGISTRY Q 76 OF 2001

BETWEEN: DAMIAN GERARD GRIFFITHS

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