Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00115:clause:2_2:p9
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00115
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 2 (pt 9/40)
Character Range: 2132341–2135090

offence (within the meaning of subregulation 1.20KC(2)).
Note 1: Regulations 1.20J, 1.20KA, 1.20KB and 1.20KC limit the Minister's discretion to approve sponsorships.
Note 2: The sponsor may be asked to consent to the disclosure mentioned in paragraph (b) on the approved form required to be completed by the sponsor in relation to the visa application.
 (5) For the purposes of subclause (4), the conviction of the sponsor for a relevant offence is to be disregarded if:
 (a) the conviction has been quashed or otherwise nullified; or
 (b) both:
 (i) the sponsor has been pardoned in relation to the conviction; and
 (ii) the effect of that pardon is that the sponsor is taken never to have been convicted of the offence.

820.221A
  Unless the applicant:
 (a) is, or has been, the holder of a Subclass 300 (Prospective Marriage) visa; and
 (b) is seeking to remain permanently in Australia on the basis of the applicant's marriage to the person who was specified as the intended spouse in the application that resulted in the grant of that Subclass 300 (Prospective Marriage) visa;
the sponsorship of the applicant under clause 820.211 has been approved by the Minister.
Note: Regulations 1.20J, 1.20KA, 1.20KB and 1.20KC limit the Minister's discretion to approve sponsorships.

820.223
 (1) The applicant:
 (a) subject to subclause (2)—satisfies public interest criteria 4001, 4002, 4003, 4004, 4007 and 4009; and
 (b) if the applicant had turned 18 at the time of application—satisfies public interest criterion 4019.
 (2) Paragraph (1)(a) does not apply to an applicant referred to in subclause 820.211(5).

820.224
 (1) Each member of the family unit of the applicant who is an applicant for a Subclass 820 visa is a person who:
 (a) subject to subclause (2)—satisfies public interest criteria 4001, 4002, 4003, 4004, 4007 and 4009; and
 (b) if the person had turned 18 at the time of application—satisfies public interest criterion 4019; and
 (c) satisfies public interest criterion 4020.
 (1A) Each member of the family unit of the applicant who is not an applicant for a Subclass 820 visa is a person who:
 (a) subject to subclause (2)—satisfies public interest criteria 4001, 4002, 4003 and 4004; and
 (b) satisfies public interest criterion 4007, unless the Minister is satisfied that it would be unreasonable to require the person to undergo assessment in relation to that criterion.
 (2) Paragraphs (1)(a) and (1A) (a) do not apply to an applicant who:
 (a) is a dependent child of an applicant referred to in subclause 820.211(5); and
 (b) entered Australia as the holder of a visa of the same class as the visa held by that other applicant.

820.225
  If a person (in this clause called the additional applicant):
 (a) is a member of