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Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007

Regulation of immigration advisers - Immigration advisers to be licensed, unless exempt

6: Prohibition on providing immigration advice unless licensed or exempt

You could also call this:

“You can't give immigration advice unless you have a special permission or don't need one”

You are not allowed to give immigration advice unless you have a special permission called a licence. This licence is given under a law called the Immigration Advisers Licensing Act. There are only two ways you can give immigration advice:

  1. You have a licence that allows you to give immigration advice.

  2. You are exempt from needing a licence. This means the law says you don’t need one. The law explains who doesn’t need a licence in section 11.

If you don’t have a licence and you’re not exempt, you can’t give immigration advice to anyone. This rule is there to make sure people get good advice about immigration.

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Part 1 Regulation of immigration advisers
Immigration advisers to be licensed, unless exempt

6Prohibition on providing immigration advice unless licensed or exempt

  1. No person may provide immigration advice unless that person—

  2. is licensed under this Act to provide that advice; or
    1. is exempt under section 11 from the requirement to be licensed.