# Refusal or cancellation of visa—refusal of other visa applications and cancellation of other visas

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501F Refusal or cancellation of visa—refusal of other visa
         applications and cancellation of other visas
          (1) This section applies if the Minister makes a decision under
              section 501, 501A, 501B or 501BA to refuse to grant a visa to a
              person or to cancel a visa that has been granted to a person.
          (2) If:
                (a) the person has made another visa application that has neither
                    been granted nor refused; and
                (b) the visa applied for is neither a protection visa nor a visa
                    specified in the regulations for the purposes of this
                    subsection;
              the Minister is taken to have decided to refuse that other
              application.
          (3) If:
                (a) the person holds another visa; and
                (b) that other visa is neither a protection visa nor a visa specified
                    in the regulations for the purposes of this subsection;
              the Minister is taken to have decided to cancel that other visa.
          (4) If the decision referred to in subsection (1) is set aside or revoked,
              the decision that the Minister is taken to have made under
              subsection (2) or (3) is also set aside or revoked, as the case may
              be.








          (5) A decision that the Minister is taken to have made under
              subsection (2) or (3) is not reviewable by application under Part 5.
               Note:      For notification of decisions under this section, see section 501G.