s 501CA(4): legal consequences a mandatory consideration?

Federal Court. In determining under s 501CA(4) whether to revoke the mandatory cancellation of a visa, must decision-makers first consider the legal consequences that arise from their decision? If so, does the same principle apply "as much to an exercise of power under s 501CA(4) of the Act as to the exercise of any other power"? Is there a tension between the Full Court decisions in WKMZ and Le?

Some of the questions to the Federal Court (FCA) were as follows:

Question 1: The FCA "has held on numerous occasions that administrative decision makers who exercise discretionary powers similar to what is presently in focus—specifically, powers to refuse or cancel visas on character grounds under s 501 of the Act—must first consider the legal consequences that arise from their doing so". Does that principle extend, at least to some extent, to revocation under s 501CA(4) of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth)?

Question 2: If the answer to Question 1 is 'yes', can it be said that "the principle applies as much to an exercise of power under s 501CA(4) of the Act as to the exercise of any other power"?

Question 3: Is there a tension between the Full Court decisions in WKMZ and Le on "whether prolonged detention could properly be described as a legal consequence of a decision under s 501CA(4) of the Act upon the proper consideration of which the valid exercise of power under that section is conditioned"?

The FCA answered those questions as follows:

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