Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C00203:clause:2_17
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C00203
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 17
Character Range: 663365–664853

17  Review of decisions
(1) This item applies if:
 (a) before 1 July 2016, a person, under section 84 of the old Act, requested the Commonwealth Minister to review a decision in relation to:
 (i) an application for a general entry permit or a temporary entry permit; or
 (ii) an application for an extension of the period during which a temporary entry permit remains in force; or
 (iii) an application to be declared to be a resident of Norfolk Island; and
 (b) a decision on the application for review had not been made before 1 July 2016.
(2) The Commonwealth Minister must make a decision on the application for review on, or as soon as practicable after, 1 July 2016 and for that purpose the old Act and the old Regulations continue in force on and after 1 July 2016 as if they had not been repealed.
(3) If the Commonwealth Minister grants the application, then the following provisions apply:
 (a) if the application is of a kind mentioned in subparagraph (1)(a)(i)—the person is taken to have been granted a general entry permit or a temporary entry permit, as the case may be, on 30 June 2016;
 (b) if the application is of a kind mentioned in subparagraph (1)(a)(ii)—the person is taken to have been granted, on 30 June 2016, an extension of the period for which the temporary entry permit remains in force;
 (c) if the application is of a kind mentioned in subparagraph (1)(a)(iii)—the person is taken to have been declared to be a resident of Norfolk Island on 30 June 2016.