Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

MIGRATION REFORM (TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS) REGULATIONS - REG 8

(1)

This regulation applies to a non-citizen who:

(a)

was in Australia on 1 September 1994; and

(b)

was, immediately before that date, a person to whom section 37 of the old Act applied.

(2)

On and after 1 September 1994, section 37 of the old Act continues to apply to a person to whom this regulation applies as if:

(a)

paragraphs (b) and (c) were omitted and the following paragraph substituted:

`(b) while in Australia, has been refused an entry permit.'; and

(b)

subsections (2) and (3) were omitted and the following subsection substituted:

`(2) While a person to whom this section applies is in Australia, he or she may, subject to the regulations, apply for a visa of a class prescribed for the purposes of section 48 of this Act as in force on 1 September 1994, but not for a visa of any other class.'.