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• Migration Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 1998

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Nov 1998 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Multicultural Affairs portfolio 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 1999

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Dec 1998 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Multicultural Affairs portfolio 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2001

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Mar 2000 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Multicultural Affairs portfolio 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Jun 2008 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Citizenship 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Migration Act 1958

  to: reinstate time limits for applying to courts for judicial review of migration decisions; streamline procedures for notifying parties of Migration Review Tribunal and Refugee Review Tribunal decisions; amend border protection provisions in relation to advance passenger and crew reports, 'round trip cruises' and special purpose visas; amend visa provisions in relation to the status of certain non-citizen children and bridging visas and offences; respond to

  Moore v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship

  [2007] FCA 626 by clarifying character cancellation provisions; ensure illegal foreign fishers and environmental offenders are removed from Australia when they become unlawful non-citizens; give the minister discretion when providing documents to a non-registered migration agent; and

  Australian Citizenship Act 2007

  and

  Australian Citizenship (Transitionals and Consequentials) Act 2007

  to: clarify provisions and remove inconsistencies; and ensure the

  Australian Citizenship Act 2007

  is consistent with obligations under the United Nations Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness 1961. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Mar 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Border Protection 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to: clarify the limitations or prohibitions on valid applications by persons who have been refused a visa or who held a visa that was cancelled; ensure that a bridging visa application is not an impediment to removal; apply debt recovery provisions to all convicted people smugglers and illegal foreign fishers; clarify the obligation of the Migration Review Tribunal and the Refugee Review Tribunal to provide documents to an authorised recipient; clarify the role of an authorised recipient and the extent of the obligation to notify an authorised recipient of direct communications made with the person who authorised them; clarify the procedural fairness provisions relating to giving of certain information to a visa applicant; and remove redundant references; and

  Australian Citizenship Act 2007

  and

  Migration Act 1958

  to provide access to, and use of, material and information obtained under certain search warrants. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 1999 [2000]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  31 Mar 1999 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Multicultural Affairs portfolio 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2008 [2009]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Dec 2008 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Citizenship 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to: clarify that the Migration Review Tribunal and the Refugee Review Tribunal may invite either orally or in writing, review applicants or third parties to give information; reinstate uniform time limits for applying for judicial review of a migration decision in the Federal Magistrates Court, Federal Court and High Court; and limit the appeals against judgments by the Federal Magistrates Court and the Federal Court that make an order or refuse to make an order to extend time to apply for judicial review of migration decisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 5) 2001

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Aug 2001 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Multicultural Affairs portfolio 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 6) 2001

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Aug 2001 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Multicultural Affairs portfolio 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Litigation Reform Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Mar 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  and 4 other Acts in relation to migration litigation by: increasing the role of the Federal Magistrates Court (FMC); ensuring identical grounds of review in migration cases in the High Court and the FMC; imposing uniform extendable time limits for applications for judicial review of migration decisions; improving court processes to facilitate quicker handling of cases; deterring unmeritorious applications by broadening the grounds on which a court can summarily dispose of proceedings; and making the Chief Federal Magistrate responsible for the administration of the FMC. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum