Section 137N — Migration Act 1958: Minister may revoke cancellation on his or her own initiative
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(1) The Minister may, on his or her own initiative, revoke the cancellation under section 137J of a particular non-citizen’s visa, if the Minister thinks that it is in the public interest to do so. (2) The Minister must give the relevant non-citizen written notice of a decision under subsection (1) to revoke a cancellation. (3) The power in subsection (1) may only be exercised by the Minister personally. (4) The Minister does not have a duty to consider whether to exercise the power in subsection (1), whether or not the non-citizen or anyone else requests him or her to do so, or in any other circumstances. (5) A cancellation is revoked under this section by the Minister causing a record of the revocation to be made.
Official source: Federal Register of Legislation
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