5Prescribed classes of visas

5 Prescribed classes of visas (1) In this regulation: > Migration (1959) Regulations means the Regulations comprising Statutory Rules 1959 No. 35 and those Regulations as amended and in force from time to time. > Migration (1989) Regulations means the Regulations comprising Statutory Rules 1989 No. 365 and those Regulations as amended and in force from time to time. > Migration (1993) Regulations means the Regulations comprising Statutory Rules 1992 No. 387 and those Regulations as amended and in force from time to time. > Migration Regulations means the Migration Regulations having effect on and after 1 September 1994. (1A) For the purposes of sub-subparagraph 5A (1) (d) (i) (A) of the Act, the following classes of visas are prescribed: (a) documents and notations permitting residents to return to Australia, issued before 1 November 1979 to eligible persons; (b) resident return visas, within the meaning of regulation 29AC of the Migration (1959) Regulations, issued or granted to eligible persons; (c) return visas, within the meaning of regulation 2 of the Migration (1989) Regulations, granted to eligible persons; (d) Group 1.4 (resident return (permanent entry)) visas, within the meaning of the Migration (1993) Regulations, granted to eligible persons; (e) documents and notations referred to in paragraph (a), and visas referred to in paragraph (b), (c) and (d), that were continued in force on and after 1 September 1994 as transitional (permanent) visas by the Migration Reform (Transitional Provisions) Regulations; (f) Return (Residence) Class visas granted to eligible persons under the Migration Regulations. (2) For the purposes of subregulation (1) a person is an eligible person if, at the time of issue or immediately prior to the person’s departure, the person: (a) satisfied the criteria of paragraph 5A (1) (a), (b), (ba), (bb) or (c) of the Act; or (b) would have satisfied those requirements if they had been in force.