Meaning of ordinarily resident
5 Meaning of ordinarily resident
An individual who is not an Australian citizen is ordinarily resident in Australia at a particular time if and only if:
the individual has actually been in Australia during 200 or more days in the period of 12 months immediately preceding that time; and
at that time:
the individual is in Australia and the individual’s continued presence in Australia is not subject to any limitation as to time imposed by law; or
the individual is not in Australia but, immediately before the individual’s most recent departure from Australia, the individual’s continued presence in Australia was not subject to any limitation as to time imposed by law.
Without limiting paragraph (1)(b), an individual’s continued presence in Australia is subject to a limitation as to time imposed by law if the individual is an unlawful non‑citizen within the meaning of the Migration Act 1958.
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