36Non-citizens eligible to apply for Class 817 entry permits

36 Non-citizens eligible to apply for Class 817 entry permits (1) A non-citizen who: (a) was in Australia on 1 September 1994; and (b) immediately before that date held a domestic protection (temporary) (code number 784) or a refugee (restricted) or refugee B (restricted) (code number 781) entry permit under the Migration (1989) Regulations or Class 784 (domestic protection (temporary)) entry permit under the Migration (1993) Regulations; and (c) had not applied for a Class 817 (protection (permanent)) entry permit under the Migration (1993) Regulations; is taken to have applied on that date for a Protection (Class AZ) visa. (2) A person who is taken, under subregulation (1), to have applied for a Class AZ visa is taken, on 1 September 1994, to have been granted a bridging visa Class A that has the same visa period and is subject to the same conditions as if it had been granted under the amended Act and the Migration Regulations.