Migration Reform Act 1992

Section 176 of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end the following subsections:

“(3) If an application for a visa that has a health criterion is made, the Minister may:

delegate to a person the power to consider and decide whether that criterion is satisfied; and

consider and decide, or delegate to another person the power to consider and decide, all other aspects of the application.

“(4) To avoid doubt, if there is a delegation described in paragraph (3)(a) in relation to an application for a visa:

Subdivision AB of Division 2 of Part 2 has effect accordingly; and

for the purposes of subsection 26ZF(1), the Minister is satisfied or not satisfied that the health criterion for the visa has been satisfied if the delegate who was given that delegation is so satisfied or not so satisfied, as the case may be.”.