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to specify whether the response to the invitation may be given:

  (a)     in writing; or

  (b)     at an interview between the holder and an officer; or

  (c)     by telephone.

"(2) Subject to subsection (4), if the invitation is to respond otherwise than at an interview, the response is to be given within a period specified in the invitation, being a prescribed period or, if no period is prescribed, a reasonable period.

"(3) Subject to subsection (5), if the invitation is to respond at an interview, the interview is to take place:

    (a)     at a place specified in the invitation, being a prescribed place or, if no place is prescribed, a reasonable place; and

    (b)     at a time specified in the invitation, being a time within a prescribed period or, if no period is prescribed, within a reasonable period.

"(4) If a person is to respond to an invitation within a prescribed period, that period may be extended by the Minister for a prescribed further period, and then the response is to be given in the extended period.

"(5) If a person is to respond to an invitation at an interview at a time within a prescribed period, that time may be changed by the Minister to:

   (a)     a later time within that period; or

     (b)     a time within that period as extended by the Minister for a prescribed further period;

and then the response is to be given at an interview at the new time.

  "(6) This section is subject to sections 50AK and 50AL.

Prescribed periods

"50AH. Regulations prescribing a period or other time limit relating to a step in considering the cancellation of a visa may prescribe different limits relating to that step and specify when a particular limit is to apply, which, without limiting the generality of the power, may be to:

  (a)     visas in a specified class; or

  (b)     visa holders in specified circumstances; or

    (c)     visa holders in a specified class (which may be visa holders in a specified place); or

    (d)     visa holders in a specified class (which may be visa holders in a specified place) in specified circumstances.

Failure to accept invitation not require action

"50AI. If a visa holder does not respond to an invitation under paragraph 50AE(1)(b) or 50AF(1)(f) before the time for giving it has passed or tells the Minister that the visa holder does not wish to respond, the Minister may make the decision about cancellation without taking any further action about the information.

When decision about visa cancellation may be made

"50AJ.(1) Subject to section 50AF (give information) and subsection (2), the Minister may cancel a visa at any time after notice about the cancellation has been given