Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007

8 Offshore immigration advice

• (1) This Act applies in respect of immigration advice provided by a person outside New Zealand, as well as advice provided by a person within New Zealand, except as provided in this section.

  (2) Despite subsection (1), a person who is not ordinarily resident in New Zealand need not be licensed in respect of immigration advice provided by the person outside New Zealand before the date that is 3 years after the day on which this Act receives the Royal assent, and—

  • (a) section 9 does not require the Department to refuse to accept an immigration application or request from such a person before that date; and

  • (b) such a person will not be treated as committing an offence under this Act by reason only of providing immigration advice outside New Zealand before that date without being licensed.

  (3) A person to whom subsection (2) applies may however apply for and be granted a licence at any time after the date that is 1 year after the day on which this Act receives the Royal assent, if the person chooses to apply.