Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1994 No. 261 MIGRATION REFORM (TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS) REGULATIONS - REG 19

19. (1) A non-citizen who, immediately before 1 September 1994:

   (a)  was in Australia; and

   (b)  was an exempt non-citizen of the kind referred to in paragraph (b) of
the definition of "exempt non-citizen" in subsection 4 (1) of the old Act; is
taken to have been granted a Subclass 995 (Diplomatic) visa on 1 September
1994.

(2) The visa period of a Subclass 995 (Diplomatic) visa that is taken to have
been granted to a non-citizen under subregulation (1) ends when the
non-citizen ceases to have the status of a diplomatic or consular
representative in Australia of a country other than Australia.

(3) A non-citizen who:

   (a)  was outside Australia immediately before 1 September 1994; and

   (b)  held a Class 995 (Diplomatic) visa granted under the Migration (1993)
        Regulations or a diplomatic (code number 995) visa granted under the
        Migration (1989) Regulations; is taken to have been granted a Subclass
        995 (Diplomatic) visa on 1 September 1994 permitting him or her to
        travel to and enter Australia until the date specified by the Minister
        for that purpose in the visa referred to in paragraph (b), and to
        remain in Australia until the non-citizen, or the non-citizen of whose
        family unit he or she is a member, as the case requires, ceases to
        have the status of a diplomatic or consular representative in
        Australia of a country other than Australia.