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Provision Reference: sch 13 cl 6704 (pt 1/3)
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6704  Application and transitional provisions in relation to amendments of Part 2A
 (1) The amendments of Divisions 2.13 and 2.14 made by the amending regulations apply in relation to an application for approval as a standard business sponsor or temporary activities sponsor made on or after the commencement day.
 (2) Paragraphs 2.59(d), (e), (i) and (j) do not apply in relation to an application for approval as a standard business sponsor made, but not finally determined, before the commencement day.
 (3) The amendments of Division 2.15 made by the amending regulations apply in relation to an approval as a standard business sponsor, temporary activities sponsor or temporary work sponsor if the application for the approval was made on or after the commencement day.
 (4) The amendments of Division 2.16 made by the amending regulations apply in relation to an application made on or after the commencement day for a variation of a term of an approval.
 (5) Paragraphs 2.68(e), (f), (j) and (k) do not apply in relation to an application made, but not finally determined, before the commencement day for a variation of a term of an approval as a standard business sponsor.
 (6) Despite:
 (a) the repeal of the definition of base rate of pay in subregulation 2.57(1); and
 (b) the amendments of regulation 2.72;
by the amending regulations, those provisions (including any instruments made under them), as in force immediately before the commencement of Schedule 1 to the amending regulations, continue to apply in relation to a nomination of an occupation made before the commencement day in relation to:
 (c) a holder of a Subclass 457 (Temporary Work (Skilled)) visa; or
 (d) an applicant or a proposed applicant for a Subclass 457 (Temporary Work (Skilled)) visa, if the applicant or proposed applicant applied for a Subclass 457 (Temporary Work (Skilled)) visa on the basis of the nomination before the commencement day.
 (7) Despite the amendments of regulation 2.73 made by the amending regulations, that regulation (including any instruments made under it), as in force immediately before the commencement of Schedule 1 to the amending regulations, continues to apply in relation to a nomination made before the commencement day of an occupation in relation to a holder of, or an applicant or a proposed applicant for, a Subclass 457 (Temporary Work (Skilled)) visa.
 (8) Regulation 2.73AA, as inserted by the amending regulations, applies in relation to a nomination made on or after the commencement day.
 (9) The Minister may refund the fee paid in relation to a nomination made before the commencement day of an occupation in relation to a proposed applicant for a Subclass 457 (Temporary Work (Skilled)) visa if:
 (a) the nomination is approved under section