# Waiving a bar

> act-s140O — as in force on 2026-06-04 — C2026C00232 · Compilation No. 171 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2026C00232/latest/text

140O Waiving a bar
          (2) The Minister may, in prescribed circumstances, waive a bar placed
              on a person under section 140M.
          (3) The regulations may prescribe the criteria to be taken into account
              by the Minister in determining whether to waive the bar.
          (4) Different circumstances and different criteria may be prescribed
              for:
                (a) different kinds of visa (however described); and
                (b) different classes in relation to which a person may be, or may
                    have been, approved as a work sponsor or family sponsor.