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  • Date
    03 Mar 2011 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Health and Ageing 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Midwife Professional Indemnity (Commonwealth Contribution) Scheme Act 2010
    to enable self-employed midwives to access the scheme; and
    Midwife Professional Indemnity (Run-off Cover Support Payment) Act 2010
    to correct the formula used to calculate the tax imposed on insurers of eligible midwives. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    18 Oct 2017 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Immigration and Border Protection 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Migration Amendment (Skilling Australians Fund) Bill 2017, the bill imposes a nomination training contribution charge (to be known as the Skilling Australians Fund levy) on employers nominating workers under the temporary and permanent employer sponsored migration programs. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    30 May 2007 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Immigration and Citizenship 
    Summary
    Validates the collection of sponsorship fees for certain temporary entry visa applications under regulation 5.38 of the Migration Regulations 1994, made on or after 1 May 1997 and before 24 May 2007. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    03 Dec 1998 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Immigration and Multicultural Affairs portfolio 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    05 Dec 2002 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Migration Legislation Amendment (Contributory Parents Migration Scheme) Bill 2002, the bill amends the
    Migration (Visa Application) Charge Act 1997
    to provide for: a visa application charge limit of $26 745 in relation to certain visa applications made during the 2002-2003 financial year; and indexation of the new visa application charge limit. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    09 May 2012 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Immigration and Citizenship 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Migration (Visa Evidence) Charge Bill 2012, the bill amends the
    Migration Act 1958
    to: enable a non-citizen visa holder, or certain other persons on behalf of the visa holder, to request to be given a prescribed form of evidence of a visa and require that person to pay the visa evidence charge; provide that the amount of charge be prescribed in the regulations and must not exceed the charge limit; insert a regulation making power in relation to various matters relating to the charge; require an officer to give a person evidence of a visa within a reasonable time after they have made a request and paid the charge; and allow the minister to direct that a specified document is not to be taken to be a passport or travel document for the purposes of the regulations. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    09 May 2012 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Immigration and Citizenship 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Migration (Visa Evidence) Charge (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2012, the bill: imposes a charge in relation to requests for prescribed evidence of a visa; establishes a charge limit of $250 for a visa evidence request made in the 2012-13 financial year; and provides for indexation of the charge limit in later financial years. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    27 Nov 2019 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Home Affairs 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Migration Amendment (Regulation of Migration Agents) Bill 2019, the bill amends the
    Migration Agents Registration Application Charge Act 1997
    to provide that a person who paid the non-commercial application charge in relation to their current period of registration, but gives immigration assistance otherwise than on a non-commercial basis, is liable to pay an adjusted charge. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    14 Feb 2002 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Migration Agents Registration Application Charge Act 1997
    to increase the upper limit for the charge imposed by regulations for registration applications by migration agents. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    17 Sep 2003 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Migration Legislation Amendment (Migration Agents Integrity Measures) Bill 2003, the bill amends the
    Migration Agents Registration Application Charge Act 1997
    to: impose a pro rata charge on migration agents who register to provide immigration assistance on a non-commercial basis, but who give immigration assistance on a commercial basis during the course of their registration period. Also contains a regulation-making power and an application provision. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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