Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004C01176:clause:1_1061zq
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004C01176
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 1061ZQ
Character Range: 25233–26056

1061ZQ  Newly arrived resident's waiting period

 (1) Subject to subsection (2), for the purposes of this Division, a person who has entered Australia on or after 1 February 2000 is subject to a newly arrived resident's waiting period.

 (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who:
 (a) has a qualifying residence exemption for a health care card; or
 (b) has already served a newly arrived resident's waiting period; or
 (c) has been an Australian resident and in Australia for a period of, or for periods totalling, 104 weeks; or
 (d) holds, or formerly held, a visa included in a class of visas determined by the Minister for the purposes of subsection 739A(6); or
 (e) is not subject to a newly arrived resident's waiting period under subsection 739A(1) or (2) because of the operation of subsection 739A(7).