5ACertain visas held by persons outside Australia to continue in effect

5A Certain visas held by persons outside Australia to continue in effect (1) This regulation applies to a non-citizen who, immediately before 1 September 1994: (a) was outside Australia; and (b) held a permanent visa (other than a permanent return visa); and (c) had not applied for: (i) a return visa Class A (code number 154) under the Migration (1989) Regulations; or (ii) a Class 154 (resident return (Class A)) visa under the Migration (1993) Regulations; and (d) is not taken to have applied for a visa of a kind specified in paragraph (c). (2) A visa of the kind referred to in paragraph (1) (b) that was held immediately before 1 September 1994 by a person to whom this regulation applies continues in effect on and after 1 September 1994 as a transitional (permanent) visa that: (a) permits the holder: (i) to travel to and enter Australia on 1 or more occasions for 4 years from the date of grant of the visa; and (ii) to remain in Australia indefinitely; and (c) if the first-mentioned visa was subject to a requirement that first entry must be by a certain date, and the holder has not entered Australia by that date — ceases to be in effect on that date.