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• Migration Amendment (Validation of Decisions) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Jun 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Border Protection 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to preserve section 501 character decisions made relying on information provided by gazetted law enforcement and intelligence agencies, which is protected, or purportedly protected, from disclosure under section 503A. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Amendment Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Dec 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Border Protection 

  Summary

  Addresses recent court and tribunal decisions by amending the

  Migration Act 1958

  to: clarify that a decision on review, or a visa refusal, cancellation or revocation decision made by the minister or his delegate, is taken to be made on the day and at the time when a record of it is made; clarify that a person in the migration zone who has previously been refused a protection visa, or who held a protection visa that was cancelled, is prohibited from applying for a further protection visa; and make it a criterion for the grant of a protection visa that the applicant is not assessed by the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation to be a risk to security. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration and Maritime Powers Legislation Amendment (Resolving the Asylum Legacy Caseload) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Sep 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Border Protection 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Maritime Powers Act 2013

  to: provide clarity and consistency in relation to powers to detain and move vessels and people; clarify the relationship between the Act and other laws; and provide for the minister to give directions about the exercise of maritime powers;

  Migration Act 1958

  to: introduce temporary protection for those who engage Australia’s non-refoulement obligations and who arrive in Australia illegally; create the authority to make deeming regulations; create the Safe Haven Enterprise Visa class; introduce a fast track assessment process and remove access to the Refugee Review Tribunal (RRT); establish the Immigration Assessment Authority within the RRT to consider fast track reviewable decisions; clarify the availability of removal powers independent of assessments of Australia’s non-refoulement obligations; codify Australia’s interpretation of its protection obligations under the Refugees Convention; clarify the legal status of children of unauthorised maritime arrivals and transitory persons; and enable the minister to place a statutory limit on the number of protection visas granted; and

  Maritime Powers Act 2013

  ,

  Migration Act 1958

  ,

  Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1997

  ,

  Immigration (Guardianship of Children) Act 1946

  and Migration Regulations 1994 to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration and Ombudsman Legislation Amendment Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Sep 2005 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Migration Act 1958

  to: establish a time limit of 90 days for the making of protection visa decisions by the Minister and the review of those decisions by the Refugee Review Tribunal; and permit the disclosure of personal identifying information to the public to assist with identifying or locating persons in connection with the administration of the Act;

  Complaints (Australian Federal Police) Act 1981

  ,

  Migration Act 1958

  ,

  Ombudsman Act 1976

  and proposed

  Postal Industry Ombudsman Act 2005

  to introduce measures for the Commonwealth Ombudsman to support and facilitate the Ombudsman’s role in immigration and detention matters; and

  Migration Act 1958

  and

  Migration Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2001

  as a consequence of the commencement of the

  Legislative Instruments Act 2003

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration and Other Legislation Amendment (Enhanced Integrity) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Aug 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Border Protection 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Migration Act 1958

  to: enable the publication of information in relation to sponsor sanctions; clarify the circumstances in which merits review is available for visas that require an approved nomination; and correct certain references to the

  Regulatory Powers (Standard Provisions) Act 2014

  ; and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  ,

  Migration Act 1958

  and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to enable the department to collect, record, store and use tax file numbers for prescribed purposes in relation to prescribed visas. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Bill 2001

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  05 Apr 2001 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Multicultural Affairs portfolio 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Legislation Amendment (Cessation of Visa Labels) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Nov 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Border Protection 

  Summary

  Repeals the

  Migration (Visa Evidence) Charge Act 2012

  ; and amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to remove inoperative provisions relating to the issuing of visa labels; and make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Legislation Amendment (Contributory Parents Migration Scheme) Bill 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  05 Dec 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Migration (Visa Application) Charge Amendment Bill 2002, the bill amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to make minor technical amendments in relation to the visa application charge limit; and Migration Regulations 1994 to: establish new parent visa classes and subclasses, both offshore and onshore; increase the assurance of support bond and period of effect in relation to applicants for the new parent visa classes; and offset the health costs of parent entry by requiring applicants for the new visa classes to pay an additional application charge. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Legislation Amendment (Electronic Transactions and Methods of Notification) Bill 2001

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  05 Apr 2001 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Multicultural Affairs portfolio 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Legislation Amendment (Identification and Authentication) Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Jun 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to provide a legislative framework for the collection of personal identifiers, such as fingerprints and handprints, photographs, physical measurements, audio and video recordings, signatures, iris scans and any other identifiers prescribed in regulations, from certain non-citizens at key points in the immigration process. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum