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Amendment of section 51A of Act of 2015
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11. Section 51A of the Act of 2015 is amended—
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(a) in subsection (1), by the substitution of “section 50A and subsection (1A),” for “section 50A,” and
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(b) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (1):
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“(1A) (a) Subsection (1) shall not apply in respect of a person who is a member of a class of person that is prescribed under paragraph (b).
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(b) The Minister may, for the purposes of this subsection, prescribe a class or classes of persons, being persons to whom such permission as may be specified has been given.
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(c) The matters to which the Minister may have regard in specifying a permission under paragraph (b) include—
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(i) the nature and purposes of the permission,
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(ii) the period for which a person to whom the permission is granted may remain in the State, and
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(iii) the conditions attached to the permission.
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(d) In this subsection, a reference to a permission to remain in the State is a reference to a permission to remain in the State that has been given in accordance with the law of the State and is valid.”.
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