# Visa ceases if holder enters in way not permitted

> act-s173 — as in force on 2026-06-04 — C2026C00232 · Compilation No. 171 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2026C00232/latest/text

173 Visa ceases if holder enters in way not permitted
          (1) If the holder of a visa enters Australia in a way that contravenes
              section 43, or regulations to which that section is subject, the visa
              ceases to be in effect.
        (1A) A maritime crew visa held by a non-citizen does not cease to be in
             effect under subsection (1) if:
               (a) the non-citizen travels to and enters Australia by air; and
               (b) at the time the non-citizen travels to and enters Australia, the
                   non-citizen holds another class of visa that is in effect.










          (2) To avoid doubt, a non-citizen child who is taken to have been
              granted a visa or visas, at the time of the child’s birth, by virtue of
              the operation of section 78, is not to be taken, by virtue of that
              birth, to have entered Australia in a way that contravenes
              section 43 or regulations to which that section is subject.