# Temporary safe haven visas

> act-s37A — as in force on 2026-06-04 — C2026C00232 · Compilation No. 171 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2026C00232/latest/text

37A Temporary safe haven visas
          (1) There is a class of temporary visas to travel to, enter and remain in
              Australia, to be known as temporary safe haven visas.
               Note:      A temporary safe haven visa is granted to a person to give the person
                          temporary safe haven in Australia.

          (2) The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, extend the visa period
              of a temporary safe haven visa so that the visa ceases to be in effect
              on the day specified in the notice.
          (3) The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, shorten the visa period
              of a temporary safe haven visa so that the visa ceases to be in effect
              on the day specified in the notice if, in the Minister’s opinion,
              temporary safe haven in Australia is no longer necessary for the
              holder of the visa because of changes of a fundamental, durable
              and stable nature in the country concerned.
          (4) If a notice under subsection (3) is published in the Gazette, the
              Minister must cause a copy of the notice to be laid before each
              House of the Parliament within 3 sitting days of that House after
              the publication of the notice, together with a statement that sets out









               the reasons for the notice, referring in particular to the Minister’s
               reasons for thinking that changes of a fundamental, durable and
               stable nature have occurred in the country concerned.
          (5) If a notice under subsection (2) or (3) is published in the Gazette
              and has not been revoked, then the visa ceases to be in effect on the
              day specified in the notice, despite any other provision of this Act.
          (6) The Minister does not have a duty to consider whether to exercise
              the power under subsection (2) in respect of any non-citizen,
              whether he or she is requested to do so by the non-citizen or by any
              other person, or in any other circumstances.
          (7) In this section:
               country concerned means the country or countries in which the
               circumstances exist that give rise to the grant of temporary safe
               haven visas.