Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

MIGRATION REFORM (TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS) REGULATIONS - REG 5A

(1)

This regulation applies to a non-citizen who, immediately before 1 September 1994:

(a)

was outside Australia; and

(b)

held a permanent visa (other than a permanent return visa); and

(c)

had not applied for:

(i)

a return visa Class A (code number 154) under the Migration (1989) Regulations; or

(ii)

a Class 154 (resident return (Class A)) visa under the Migration (1993) Regulations; and

(d)

is not taken to have applied for a visa of a kind specified in paragraph (c).

(2)

A visa of the kind referred to in paragraph (1) (b) that was held immediately before 1 September 1994 by a person to whom this regulation applies continues in effect on and after 1 September 1994 as a transitional (permanent) visa that:

(a)

permits the holder:

(i)

to travel to and enter Australia on 1 or more occasions for 4 years from the date of grant of the visa; and

(ii)

to remain in Australia indefinitely; and

(b)

is subject to the conditions (if any) to which the first-mentioned visa was subject; and

(c)

if the first-mentioned visa was subject to a requirement that first entry must be by a certain date, and the holder has not entered Australia by that date — ceases to be in effect on that date.