Immigration Services Section 37: Provision of immigration services
Section 37 amends the categories of advisers qualified to provide immigration advice or services under section 84 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 and makes consequential amendments.
171.Subsection (1) amends section 84(2) and (3) of the 1999 Act. The effect of the amendment is to require that unqualified advisers, who wish to be qualified by virtue of their association with a qualified adviser, must be acting on behalf of, and under the supervision of that qualified adviser, which is a change from the existing provision, which allows them to either be employed by or supervised by that qualified adviser.
172.Subsection (4) amends section 90(4) of the 1999 Act. The effect is to define those advisers subject to the jurisdiction of a disciplinary body as those authorised by the relevant designated professional body and those acting on behalf of and supervised by an authorised person.