Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

MIGRATION REFORM (TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS) REGULATIONS - REG 6

(1)

If, immediately before 1 September 1994, a person (other than a non-citizen to whom regulation 5 or 5A applies) held a permanent visa (other than a permanent return visa), that visa continues in effect on and after 1 September 1994 as a transitional (permanent) visa that:

(a)

authorises the holder to:

(i)

travel to and enter Australia until the date on which the first-mentioned visa would have ceased to be in force; and

(ii)

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.

(2)

If, immediately before 1 September 1994, a person held a temporary visa (other than a diplomatic visa (code number 995) granted under the Migration (1989) Regulations or a Class 995 (diplomatic) visa granted under the Migration (1993) Regulations), that visa continues in effect on and after 1 September 1994 as a transitional (temporary) visa that:

(a)

permits the holder to travel to, enter, and remain in Australia; and

(b)

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

(c)

has a visa period ending:

(i)

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 — on that date; or

(ii)

in any other case — at the time at which the first-mentioned visa would have ceased to be in force.