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MIGRATION REGULATIONS 1994 - REG 4.33

Powers of Tribunal

  (1)   For the purposes of paragraph   415(2)(c) of the Act, an application for a protection visa is prescribed.

  (2)   For the purposes of paragraph   415(2)(c) of the Act, it is a permissible direction that the applicant must be taken to have satisfied the criteria for the visa that are specified in the direction.

  (3)   For paragraph   415(2)(c) of the Act:

  (a)   it is a permissible direction that the applicant is a refugee within the meaning of subsection   5H(1) of the Act; and

  (aa)   it is a permissible direction that subsection   36(3) of the Act does not apply to the applicant; and

  (b)   it is not a permissible direction that:

  (i)   subsection   5H(1) of the Act applies to the applicant; or

  (ii)   subsection   5H(1) does not apply to the applicant because of subsection   5H(2); or

  (iii)   the applicant satisfies, or does not satisfy, the criterion in subsection   36(1C) of the Act.

  (4)   For paragraph   415(2)(c) of the Act:

  (a)   it is a permissible direction that the applicant satisfies each matter, specified in the direction, that relates to establishing whether the applicant is a person to whom Australia has protection obligations because there are substantial grounds for believing that, as a necessary and foreseeable consequence of the applicant being removed from Australia to a receiving country, there is a real risk that the applicant will suffer significant harm; and

  (b)   it is not a permissible direction that the applicant satisfies a matter that relates to establishing whether there are serious reasons for considering that:

  (i)   the applicant has committed a crime against peace, a war crime or a crime against humanity, as defined by an international instrument mentioned in regulation   2.03B; or

  (ii)   the applicant committed a serious non - political crime before entering Australia; or

  (iii)   the applicant has been guilty of acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations; and

  (c)   it is not a permissible direction that the applicant satisfies a matter that relates to establishing whether there are reasonable grounds that:

  (i)   the applicant is a danger to Australia's security; or

  (ii)   the applicant, having been convicted by a final judgment of a particularly serious crime, including a crime that consists of the commission of a serious Australian offence or serious foreign offence, is a danger to the Australian community.

  (5)   For paragraph   415(2)(c) of the Act, it is a permissible direction that the grant of the visa is not prevented by section   91W, 91WA or 91WB of the Act.


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