4—Amendment of section 12—Criterion 5—Residence
requirement
(1)
Section 12(1)—after "(or a shorter period approved by the Commissioner)"
insert:
(the "residence period")
(2)
Section 12(1)—after "(or within a longer period approved by the
Commissioner)" insert:
(the "completion period")
(3)
Section 12—after subsection (2) insert:
(3) The Commissioner
may, if the Commissioner considers there are good reasons for doing so, vary
an applicant's residence requirement at any time (including after the end of
the period allowed for compliance with the residence requirement) by approving
a shorter residence period or a longer completion period (or both).
(4) If the
Commissioner varies a residence requirement under subsection (3), the
requirement as varied will be taken to have been the applicant's residence
requirement from the date of the determination of his or her application.