6Manner in which applications must be made

6 Manner in which applications must be made

(1) For the purposes of item 1240 of Schedule 1 to the Regulations, subsections (2) and (3) specify the manner in which an application must be made. (2) Subject to subsection (3), an application must be made as an Internet application, using one of the approved forms specified in subsection 5(1). (3) If subsection (4) or (5) applies, and if: (a) an officer has sent an authorisation for a person (the applicant) to make an application in accordance with this subsection; and (b) the authorisation in paragraph (a) is sent by an email from e482.Manual.Lodgement@homeaffairs.gov.au, then the applicant may instead make an application by: (i) using approved Form 482V or approved Form 482D, as provided with the authorising email; and (ii) emailing the completed application form to e482.Manual.Lodgement@homeaffairs.gov.au by the end of the day on which the authorisation was given (AEST or AEDST as applicable to the date on which the authorisation was given); and (iii) including in the email, a copy of the authorising email sent by the Department and the name and position number of the officer who sent the authorising email. (4) This subsection applies if: (a) the Department has identified a problem with its Internet application systems; and (b) as a result of the problem referred to in paragraph (a), the applicant is unable to make an Internet application; and (c) electronic lodgement of the application is not prevented by the Act or the Regulations; and (d) it is more likely than not that the problem will not be rectified by the end of the business day on which the problem is identified by the Department; and (e) the applicant will become an unlawful non-citizen on, or before, the next business day. (5) This subsection applies if: (a) a problem is identified by the Department with the Department’s systems that allow Internet applications to be made, and the applicant is unable to make an Internet application as a result of that problem; and (b) the problem referred to in paragraph (a) is unable to be rectified by the Department; and (c) electronic lodgement of the application is not prevented by the Act or the Regulations.