Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00115:reg:11:p23
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00115
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 11 (pt 23/30)
Character Range: 167915–170604

months imprisonment for 2 offences, to be served concurrently. For the purposes of subregulation (1), the total of those terms is 6 months.

Periodic detention
 (3) For the purposes of subregulation (1), if a sponsor has been sentenced to periodic detention, the sponsor's term of imprisonment is taken to be equal to the number of days the sponsor is required under that sentence to spend in detention.

Residential schemes or programs
 (4) For the purposes of subregulation (1), if a sponsor has been convicted of a relevant offence, and the court orders the sponsor to participate in:
 (a) a residential drug rehabilitation scheme; or
 (b) a residential program for the mentally ill;
the sponsor is taken to have been sentenced to a term of imprisonment equal to the number of days the sponsor is required to participate in the scheme or program.

Pardons etc.
 (5) For the purposes of subregulation (1), a sentence imposed on a sponsor for a relevant offence, or the conviction of a sponsor for a relevant offence, is to be disregarded if:
 (a) the conviction concerned has been quashed or otherwise nullified; or
 (b) both:
 (i) the sponsor has been pardoned in relation to the conviction concerned; and
 (ii) the effect of that pardon is that the sponsor is taken never to have been convicted of the offence.

1.20L  Limitation on approval of sponsorship—Subclass 600 (Visitor) visas
 (1) The Minister must not approve the sponsorship by a sponsor of an applicant for a Subclass 600 (Visitor) visa if:
 (a) the sponsor has previously sponsored the applicant, or another applicant, for:
 (i) a Subclass 600 (Visitor) visa; or
 (ii) a Sponsored (Visitor) (Class UL) visa; and
 (b) the visa mentioned in paragraph (a) was granted; and
 (c) either:
 (i) subject to subregulation (3)—the visa is still in effect; or
 (ii) subject to subregulation (4)—each of the following applies:
 (A) the visa has ceased to be in effect;
 (B) the previous applicant did not comply with a condition of the visa;
 (C) a period of 5 years has not passed since the grant of the visa.
 (3) Despite subparagraph (1)(c)(i), the Minister may approve the sponsorship by the sponsor of the applicant if:
 (a) the previous applicant holds a Subclass 600 (Visitor) visa; and
 (b) the Minister is satisfied that the applicant:
 (i) is a member of the family unit of the previous applicant; and
 (ii) is proposing to travel to Australia for the same purpose as the previous applicant.
 (4) Despite subparagraph (1)(c)(ii), the Minister may approve the sponsorship by the sponsor of the applicant if:
 (a) the previous applicant was the holder of a Subclass 600 (Visitor) visa; and
 (b) the Minister has, at any time,