Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts
1 After subsection 41(2)
Insert:
(2A) The Minister may, in prescribed circumstances, by writing, waive a condition of a kind described in paragraph (2)(a) to which a particular visa is subject under regulations made for the purposes of that paragraph or under subsection (3).
2 Paragraph 46(1)(e)
Repeal the paragraph, substitute:
(e) where the applicant is in the migration zone and the application is not for a protection visa or a bridging visa:
(i) the applicant has not, since last entering Australia, held a visa subject to a condition described in paragraph 41(2)(a); or
(ii) if the applicant has, since last entering Australia, held a visa subject to such a condition--the Minister has waived the condition under subsection 41(2A).