# Prescribed periods

> act-s61 — as in force on 2026-06-04 — C2026C00232 · Compilation No. 171 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2026C00232/latest/text

61 Prescribed periods
               If this Subdivision requires or allows the regulations to prescribe a
               period or other time limit relating to a step in considering an
               application for a visa, the regulations may prescribe different limits
               relating to that step and specify when that specified limit is to
               apply, which, without limiting the generality of the power, may be
               to:
                 (a) applications for a visa of a specified class; or
                 (b) applications in specified circumstances; or
                 (c) applicants in a specified class of persons; or









                 (d) applicants in a specified class of persons in specified
                     circumstances.