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review is preserved.

Certain decisions to be made within prescribed period

"134B.(1) Subject to subsection (2), if the application is for review of a decision covered by paragraph (ba) or (bb) of the definition of Part 3 reviewable decision, the Tribunal must make its decision on review, and notify the applicant of the decision, within the prescribed period.

"(2) The Tribunal may, with the agreement of the applicant, extend the period in subsection (1) for the purposes of a particular application.".

Delegate not required to perform certain administrative tasks

  80. Section 177 of the Principal Act is amended:

    (a) by omitting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsections:

    "(1) If the Minister delegates the power to grant or refuse to grant visas, the delegation does not require the delegate personally to perform any task in connection with the grant or refusal, except the taking of a decision in each case whether or not a visa should be granted.

    "(1A) If the Minister delegates the power to cancel visas, the delegation does not require the delegate personally to perform any task in connection with the cancellation, except the taking of a decision in each case whether a visa should be cancelled.";

  (b) by inserting in subsection (2) "or (1A)" after "(1)".

Exclusion of certain persons from Australia

  81. Section 180C of the Principal Act is amended:

     (a) by omitting from paragraph (1)(c) "an application for" and substituting "to grant";

  (b) by adding at the end the following subsection:

     "(4) This section does not apply to a holder of a criminal justice visa.".

Other amendments of the Migration Act 1958

  82. The Principal Act is further amended as set out in Schedule 1.

Renumbering and relettering of the Migration Act 1958

  83.(1) In this section:

"amended Act" means the Migration Act 1958 as amended by this Act (other than this section);

"provision" includes a paragraph of a section or of a subsection, a subparagraph of a paragraph and a Schedule.

  (2) The amended Act is further amended as provided by this section.

(3) The several Parts of the amended Act are renumbered so that they bear consecutive arabic numerals starting with "1".

(4) The several Divisions of each Part of the amended Act are renumbered so that they bear consecutive arabic numerals starting with "1".

(5) The several sections of the amended Act are renumbered in a single series so that they bear consecutive arabic numerals starting with "1".

(6) The several subsections of each section of the amended Act are renumbered so that they bear consecutive arabic numerals enclosed in parentheses starting with "(1)".

(7) The several paragraphs of each section, of each subsection, or of each definition, of the amended