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Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007

Regulation of immigration advisers - Cancellation and suspension of licence, etc

27: Cancellation of licence

You could also call this:

“When and why an immigration adviser can lose their licence”

The Registrar must cancel your licence as an immigration adviser if certain things happen. This can occur if you’re not allowed to have a licence because of specific rules. It can also happen if you lied or cheated when you got your licence, or if your payment for the licence or a special fee didn’t go through. The Registrar will also cancel your licence if they think you’re no longer fit to be an immigration adviser, or if you have died.

Your licence will also be cancelled if a special group called the Tribunal decides to take it away as a punishment.

Remember, these are the rules that the Registrar and the Tribunal must follow. They can’t cancel your licence for any other reasons that aren’t listed here.

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Part 1 Regulation of immigration advisers
Cancellation and suspension of licence, etc

27Cancellation of licence

  1. The Registrar must cancel a licence if he or she is satisfied that—

  2. the licensee is prohibited by section 12(6) or 15 from holding a licence; or
    1. the licence was granted on the basis of any false or fraudulent representation or declaration, made either orally or in writing; or
      1. the application for the licence or its renewal was accompanied by payment of an application fee that has subsequently been dishonoured; or
        1. the payment of the immigration adviser's levy has subsequently been dishonoured; or
          1. having regard to the matters specified in sections 16 and 17, the licensee is no longer fit to be licensed as an immigration adviser; or
            1. the person has died.

              1. A licence is cancelled if the Tribunal has determined to impose on the licensee the sanction of cancellation of the licence in accordance with section 51(1)(d).

              Notes
              • Section 27(1)(da): inserted, on , by section 31 of the Regulatory Systems (Immigration and Workforce) Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 10).