Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2009A00010:clause:2_4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2009A00010
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 4
Character Range: 7152–8155

4  Subsections 477A(2), (3) and (4)
Repeal the subsections, substitute:

 (2) The Federal Court may, by order, extend that 35 day period as the Federal Court considers appropriate if:
 (a) an application for that order has been made in writing to the Federal Court specifying why the applicant considers that it is necessary in the interests of the administration of justice to make the order; and
 (b) the Federal Court is satisfied that it is necessary in the interests of the administration of justice to make the order.

 (3) In this section:

date of the migration decision has the meaning given by subsection 477(3).

 (4) For the purposes of subsection (1), the 35 day period begins to run despite a failure to comply with the requirements of any of the provisions mentioned in the definition of date of the migration decision in subsection 477(3).

 (5) To avoid doubt, for the purposes of subsection (1), the 35 day period begins to run irrespective of the validity of the migration decision.