Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00785:clause:1_4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00785
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 4
Character Range: 6206–7173

4  At the end of section 7
Add:

 (7) For the purposes of paragraph 540(d), subparagraph 593(1)(g)(ii) and paragraph 666(1)(g), a person is exempt from the residence requirement in respect of a period if:
 (a) throughout the period, the person was the holder of a special category visa; and
 (b) immediately before the period commenced, the person had been residing in Australia for a continuous period of at least 10 years, being a period commencing on or after 26 February 2001;
unless the person's exemption from the residence requirement in respect of the period would result in the person:
 (c) receiving newstart allowance, sickness allowance or youth allowance for a continuous period of more than 6 months because of this subsection; or
 (d) receiving newstart allowance, sickness allowance or youth allowance for more than one non‑continuous period because of this subsection; or
 (e) receiving more than one of those allowances because of this subsection.