Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations

Marginal note:Representation for a fee

• 13.1 (1) Subject to subsection (2), no person who is not an authorized representative may, for a fee, represent, advise or consult with a person who is the subject of a proceeding or application before the Minister, an officer or the Board.

• Marginal note:Exception

  (2) A person who is not an authorized representative may, for a period of four years after the coming into force of this section, continue for a fee to represent, advise or consult with a person who is the subject of a proceeding or application before the Minister, an officer or the Board, if

  • (a) the person was providing any of those services to the person who is the subject of the proceeding or application on the coming into force of this section; and

  • (b) the proceeding or application is the same proceeding or application that was before the Minister, an officer or the Board on the coming into force of this section.

• Marginal note:Students-at-law

  (3) A student-at-law shall not be deemed under subsection (1) to be representing, advising or consulting for a fee if the student-at-law is acting under the supervision of a member in good standing of a bar of a province or the Chambre des notaires du Québec who represents, advises or consults with the person who is the subject of the proceeding or application.