RMAs obliged to respond to investigation?

OMARA found it: received 2 complaints against an RMA; sent the RMA notices under ss 308 and 309 of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth); and never received a response from the RMA after some months. Can RMAs be sanctioned on the basis of lack of response? What happens to the substance of the complaint?

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