Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

MIGRATION REFORM (TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS) REGULATIONS - REG 13

(1)

This regulation applies to a non-citizen who:

(a)

is a member of the family unit of a non-citizen (in this regulation called the family head ) who is taken, under regulation 10 or 12, to have been granted a bridging visa because he or she has applied for review of a decision; and

(b)

was in Australia on 1 September 1994; and

(c)

was not in immigration detention; and

(d)

either:

(i)

was included in the family head's application for an entry permit; or

(ii)

applied at the same time as the family head for an entry permit.

(2)

A non-citizen to whom this regulation applies is taken to have been granted a bridging visa:

(a)

of the same class; and

(b)

subject to subregulation (3), having the same visa period and conditions;

as the bridging visa that is taken, under regulation 10, to have been granted to the family head.

(3)

If a non-citizen to whom a bridging visa is taken to be granted under this regulation was, immediately before 1 September 1994, subject to:

(a)

a restriction as to his or her right to work; or

(b)

a reporting condition;

the bridging visa is subject to a condition to the same effect.