Section 76 — Immigration Act 2009: Decisions on applications for temporary entry class visa

76 Decisions on applications for temporary entry class visa (1) The Minister or an immigration officer may, in the Minister’s or officer’s discretion, grant a temporary entry class visa as an exception to temporary entry class instructions in any particular case. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to an application for a temporary entry class visa of a type subject to restricted temporary entry instructions. (3) However, nothing in subsection (2) prevents the Minister in his or her absolute discretion from making a decision to grant a visa as an exception to restricted temporary entry instructions in any particular case.