Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00800:section:46b:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00800
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 46B (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 191157–193795

46B  Visa applications by transitory persons
 (1) An application for a visa is not a valid application if it is made by a transitory person who:
 (a) is in Australia; and
 (b) either:
 (i) is an unlawful non‑citizen; or
 (ii) holds a bridging visa or a temporary protection visa, or a temporary visa of a kind (however described) prescribed for the purposes of this subparagraph.
Note: Temporary protection visas are provided for by subsection 35A(3).
 (2) If the Minister thinks that it is in the public interest to do so, the Minister may, by written notice given to a transitory person, determine that subsection (1) does not apply to an application by the person for a visa of a class specified in the determination.
 (2A) A determination under subsection (2) may provide that it has effect only for the period specified in the determination and, if it does so, the determination ceases to have effect at the end of the specified period.
 (2B) The period specified in a determination may be different for different classes of transitory persons.
 (2C) The Minister may, in writing, vary or revoke a determination made under subsection (2) if the Minister thinks that it is in the public interest to do so.
 (3) The power under subsection (2) or (2C) may only be exercised by the Minister personally.
 (4) If the Minister makes, varies or revokes a determination under this section, the Minister must cause to be laid before each House of the Parliament a statement that:
 (a) sets out the determination, the determination as varied or the instrument of revocation; and
 (b) sets out the reasons for the determination, variation or revocation, referring in particular to the Minister's reasons for thinking that the Minister's actions are in the public interest.
 (5) A statement under subsection (4) must not include:
 (a) the name of the transitory person; or
 (b) any information that may identify the transitory person; or
 (c) if the Minister thinks that it would not be in the public interest to publish the name of another person connected in any way with the matter concerned—the name of that other person or any information that may identify that other person.
 (6) A statement under subsection (4) must be laid before each House of the Parliament within 15 sitting days of that House after:
 (a) if the determination is made between 1 January and 30 June (inclusive) in a year—1 July in that year; or
 (b) if the determination is made between 1 July and 31 December (inclusive) in a year—1 January in the following year.
 (7) The Minister does not have a duty to consider whether to exercise the power under subsection (2) or