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MIGRATION ACT 1958 - SECT 121

Invitation to give comments etc.

  (1)   An invitation under paragraph   119(1)(b) or 120(2)(c) is to specify whether the response to the invitation may be given:

  (a)   in writing; or

  (b)   at an interview between the holder and an officer; or

  (c)   by telephone.

  (2)   Subject to subsection   (4), if the invitation is to respond otherwise than at an interview, the response is to be given within a period specified in the invitation, being a prescribed period or, if no period is prescribed, a reasonable period.

  (3)   Subject to subsection   (5), if the invitation is to respond at an interview, the interview is to take place:

  (a)   at a place specified in the invitation, being a prescribed place or, if no place is prescribed, a reasonable place; and

  (b)   at a time specified in the invitation, being a time within a prescribed period or, if no period is prescribed, within a reasonable period.

  (4)   If a person is to respond to an invitation within a prescribed period, that period may be extended by the Minister for a prescribed further period, and then the response is to be given in the extended period.

  (5)   If a person is to respond to an invitation at an interview at a time within a prescribed period, that time may be changed by the Minister to:

  (a)   a later time within that period; or

  (b)   a time within that period as extended by the Minister for a prescribed further period;

and then the response is to be given at an interview at the new time.

  (6)   This section is subject to sections   125 and 126.


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