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Migration Act 1958
84DMinister may certify that arrival control determination does not apply in relation to a particular non‑citizen
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84D Minister may certify that arrival control determination does not apply in relation to a particular non‑citizen
(1) The Minister may issue a certificate (a permitted travel certificate) providing that an arrival control determination does not apply in relation to a particular non‑citizen if the Minister is satisfied in all the circumstances that it is appropriate for the determination not to apply to that non‑citizen (whether or not the certificate is requested under subsection (2)).
(2) A non‑citizen, or a person authorised to act on behalf of the non‑citizen, may make a request in writing to the Minister for a permitted travel certificate in relation to the non‑citizen.
(3) If the Minister issues a permitted travel certificate in relation to a non‑citizen, the certificate has effect despite anything in the arrival control determination.
Note: An arrival control determination may specify that section 84E (suspension of temporary visas held by non‑citizens) applies, either generally or in specified circumstances, to one or more specified classes of non‑citizens.
(4) A permitted travel certificate must be in writing.
(5) The Minister may, in writing, revoke a permitted travel certificate in relation to a non‑citizen at a particular time if the non‑citizen is not in the migration zone at that time.
Other matters
(6) Each of the following is not a legislative instrument:
(a) a permitted travel certificate;
(b) a revocation under subsection (5).
(7) The rules of natural justice do not apply to an exercise of power under subsection (1) or (5).
(8) The Minister does not have a duty to consider whether to exercise the power to issue a permitted travel certificate in relation to a particular non‑citizen, whether the Minister is requested to do so under subsection (2), or in any other circumstances.
Report to Parliament
(9) The Minister must, as soon as practicable after the end of each period of 6 months beginning on 1 January or 1 July, cause a report to be laid before each House of the Parliament containing a statement of the number of permitted travel certificates issued under this section during the period.