Section 140P — Migration Act 1958 (Cth)

Process for waiving a bar

(1) The regulations may establish a process for the Minister to waive a bar placed on a person under section 140M.

(2) Different processes may be prescribed for:

(a) different kinds of visa (however described); and

(b) different classes in relation to which a person may be, or may have been, approved as a work sponsor or family sponsor.

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Related sections

s 140M — Cancelling approval as a sponsor or barring a sponsor
s 140N — Process for cancelling approval or barring approved sponsor
s 140O — Waiving a bar
s 140Q — Civil penalty—failing to satisfy sponsorship obligations
s 140RA — Enforceable undertakings
s 140RB — Compliance notices

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