Section 61Migration Act 1958 (Cth)

Prescribed periods

If this Subdivision requires or allows the regulations to prescribe a period or other time limit relating to a step in considering an application for a visa, the regulations may prescribe different limits relating to that step and specify when that specified limit is to apply, which, without limiting the generality of the power, may be to:

(a) applications for a visa of a specified class; or

(b) applications in specified circumstances; or

(c) applicants in a specified class of persons; or

(d) applicants in a specified class of persons in specified circumstances.

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