---
title: "Client services agreement and costs disclosure for immigration assistance (with AI-use clause)"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/immigration-and-migration-law/client-services-agreement-ai-clause"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a30-client-services-agreement-ai-clause"
area_id: "A30"
kind: "agreement"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-17"
---

# Client services agreement and costs disclosure for immigration assistance (with AI-use clause)

> Original services agreement for immigration assistance in two variants (registered migration agent under the Code of Conduct;…

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/immigration-and-migration-law/client-services-agreement-ai-clause  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-17

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Original services agreement for immigration assistance in two variants (registered migration agent under the Code of Conduct; Australian legal practitioner under the Uniform Law), with scope, fees, client money, documents, termination and a consent-based AI-use clause.

## Key facts

- Kind: Agreement. A contract between two or more parties.
- Practice area: [Immigration & Migration Law](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/immigration-and-migration-law.md)
- Jurisdictions: Australia
- AI level: Yellow. AI can help in set ways. A lawyer checks specific points before use.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-17
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-17 against the 6 authorities it cites, for Australia.

## When to use it

Use at the start of every immigration matter after the initial consultation. Choose variant A for registered migration agents (Code of Conduct) or variant B for Australian legal practitioners (Uniform Law costs disclosure). Do not use one variant for the other: the regulators and requirements differ.

## How AI may be used

AI may adapt the scope and fee schedule from the adviser's file note and produce plain-language or translated summaries for checking. The adviser confirms the variant, fees, scope and the accuracy of the AI clause, and obtains the client's written choice.

**AI may:**

- Draft the scope of work and fee schedule from the adviser's settled instructions
- Produce a plain-language summary of the agreement for the client
- Check the agreement against the Code of Conduct s 42 content list (variant A) or the Uniform Law s 174 disclosure items (variant B)

**AI must not:**

- Must not choose the variant or set fees
- Must not describe AI tools or data handling that the practice has not confirmed
- Must not be given the client's personal details before the client's written consent to AI use is recorded

**The lawyer checks:**

- The right variant is used for the adviser's registration or practising status
- Fees are fair and reasonable and the estimate is realistic
- The consumer guide is given (variant A) and the costs disclosure rights are included (variant B)
- The client's AI choice is recorded and followed on the file

## Authorities

- [Migration (Migration Agents Code of Conduct) Regulations 2021 (Cth) Sch 1 ss 35, 37, 38, 42 to 53, 55 and 57](https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2021L01856/latest/text)
- [Migration Act 1958 (Cth) s 280](https://www.legislation.gov.au/C1958A00062/latest/text)
- [Legal Profession Uniform Law ss 172, 174 and 180 (for Australian legal practitioners in Uniform Law jurisdictions)](https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/whole/html/inforce/current/act-2014-16a)
- [Legal Profession Uniform Law Australian Solicitors' Conduct Rules 2015 r 9](https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/whole/html/inforce/current/sl-2015-0244)
- [Office of the Migration Agents Registration Authority, Use of artificial intelligence (AI)](https://www.mara.gov.au/about-us/use-of-artificial-intelligence)
- [Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) Sch 1 APPs 5, 6, 8 and 11](https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2004A03712/latest/text)

## Official form

[Official form](https://www.mara.gov.au/tools-for-registered-agents/code-of-conduct)

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/immigration-and-migration-law/client-services-agreement-ai-clause and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*