Section 137N — Minister may revoke cancellation on his or her own initiative

137N Minister may revoke cancellation on his or her own initiative

(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.