Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2022C00273:section:20aa
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2022C00273
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 20AA
Character Range: 62139–63429

20AA  Meaning of former temporary resident
 (1) In this Act:
former temporary resident: a person is a former temporary resident if:
 (a) before, on or after the commencement of this section, the person:
 (i) was, under the Migration Act 1958, the holder of a temporary visa, except a visa prescribed under subsection (2) of this section, that has ceased to be in effect; and
 (ii) left Australia after starting to be the holder of the visa (whether the visa ceased to be in effect before, when or after the person left); and
 (b) at least 6 months have passed since the later of the following events (or either of them if they occurred at the same time):
 (i) the visa ceased to be in effect;
 (ii) the person left Australia; and
 (c) the person:
 (i) is not, under that Act, the holder of a temporary visa or permanent visa; and
 (ii) is neither an Australian citizen nor a New Zealand citizen; and
 (iii) has not made a valid application for a permanent visa that has not been finally determined under that Act.
 (2) The regulations may prescribe a visa for the purposes of subparagraph (a)(i) of the definition of former temporary resident in subsection (1).
Note: The regulations may prescribe a visa by reference to a class of visas: see subsection 13(3) of the Legislation Act 2003.