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Immigration Act 2009

Visas - Visas generally - Visa conditions

53: Conditions on temporary entry class visas subject to restricted temporary entry instructions

You could also call this:

“Minister can change conditions for special temporary visas”

When you get a special type of temporary visa, the Minister can change the rules for you. They can add new conditions, change existing ones, or remove some conditions that usually apply. This can happen when they first give you the visa or later on.

If the Minister changes anything about your visa conditions, they or an immigration officer must tell you. The changes start from the day you get your visa if they’re made when you first get it. If the changes happen later, they start from the date mentioned in the notice they send you.

The Minister can make these changes on their own or by agreeing with you. They can do this for any temporary visa of this special type, no matter how it was granted.

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Part 3 Visas
Visas generally: Visa conditions

53Conditions on temporary entry class visas subject to restricted temporary entry instructions

  1. On granting a temporary entry class visa subject to restricted temporary entry instructions, as an exception to those instructions, the Minister may—

  2. impose conditions in addition to those specified in temporary entry instructions in relation to a visa of that type:
    1. vary or waive conditions that would otherwise apply to a visa of that type.

      1. Following the grant of a temporary entry class visa subject to restricted temporary entry instructions, the Minister may, by special direction,—

      2. impose further conditions, whether or not the conditions are specified in temporary entry instructions in relation to a visa of that type:
        1. vary or cancel conditions that would otherwise apply to a visa of that type or were imposed under subsection (1).

          1. The Minister may also do 1 or more of the things in subsection (2) by agreement with the visa holder.

          2. A condition imposed, varied, waived, or cancelled under this section—

          3. must be notified to the visa holder by the Minister or an immigration officer; and
            1. takes effect—
              1. from the date the visa is granted, if the condition is imposed, varied, or waived when the visa is granted; or
                1. from the date specified in the notice (being a date not earlier than the date of notification), in any other case.

                2. Repealed

                3. Repealed

                4. Repealed

                5. Repealed

                6. Repealed

                7. To avoid doubt, subsection (2) applies whether the temporary entry class visa was granted as an exception to temporary entry instructions or otherwise.

                Notes
                • Section 53(4A): repealed, on , by section 53(4E).
                • Section 53(4B): repealed, on , by section 53(4E).
                • Section 53(4C): repealed, on , by section 53(4E).
                • Section 53(4D): repealed, on , by section 53(4E).
                • Section 53(4E): repealed, on , by section 53(4E).