[2020] NZIACDT 54 — DY v Parker

Immigration Advisers Complaints and Disciplinary Tribunal · decided 21 December 2020

The tribunal's published summary

Rubber stamping / permitting unlicensed employees to perform immigration work / adviser assigned task of creating business plan to unlicensed accountant employee / Code of Conduct 2014, cl1, cl2a, cl2e, cl3c, cl7a / Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007, s44 / acceptable for adviser to delegate writing task but not overall client relationship / advisers lack skills & experience to draft business plans but must still control immigration process / adviser sufficiently engaged with preparation of plan & exercised overall control but excused himself wholly from client relationship / complaint upheld.

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