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Migration Legislation Amendment (Temporary Safe Haven Visas) Act 1999
No. 34, 1999
An Act to amend the Migration Act 1958, and for related purposes
Contents 1 Short title................................... 2 Commencement............................... 3 Schedule(s).................................. 4 Applications for certain visas made before the commencement of this Act 5 Visas taken to be temporary safe haven visas..............
Schedule 1—Amendment of the Migration Act 1958
Migration Legislation Amendment (Temporary Safe Haven Visas) Act 1999
No. 34, 1999
An Act to amend the Migration Act 1958, and for related purposes
[Assented to 20 May 1999]
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Migration Legislation Amendment (Temporary Safe Haven Visas) Act 1999.
2 Commencement
(1) Subject to subsection (2), this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
(2) Item 11 of Schedule 1 commences immediately after the commencement of item 10 of Schedule 1 to the Migration Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 1998.
3 Schedule(s)
Subject to section 2, each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.
4 Applications for certain visas made before the commencement of this Act
(1) If during the period beginning on 6 April 1999 and ending immediately before the commencement of this section: (a) a non‑citizen is in Australia; and (b) the non‑citizen: (i) holds a temporary visa that falls within Class UJ under the regulations; or (ii) has not left Australia since ceasing to hold such a visa; and (c) the non‑citizen makes an application for a visa; and (d) the non‑citizen is not granted a substantive visa as a result of the application; then the application ceases to be a valid application on the commencement of this section, despite any provision of the Migration Act 1958 or any other law.
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