6Visas granted before 1 September 1994 to continue in effect

6 Visas granted before 1 September 1994 to continue in effect (1) If, immediately before 1 September 1994, a person (other than a non-citizen to whom regulation 5 or 5A applies) held a permanent visa (other than a permanent return visa), that visa continues in effect on and after 1 September 1994 as a transitional (permanent) visa that: (a) authorises the holder to: (i) travel to and enter Australia until the date on which the first-mentioned visa would have ceased to be in force; and (ii) 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. (2) If, immediately before 1 September 1994, a person held a temporary visa (other than a diplomatic visa (code number 995) granted under the Migration (1989) Regulations or a Class 995 (diplomatic) visa granted under the Migration (1993) Regulations), that visa continues in effect on and after 1 September 1994 as a transitional (temporary) visa that: (a) permits the holder to travel to, enter, and remain in Australia; and (c) has a visa period ending: (i) 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 — on that date; or (ii) in any other case — at the time at which the first-mentioned visa would have ceased to be in force.