Migration Amendment (Strengthening Employer Compliance) Bill 2023

Type
Government
Portfolio
Home Affairs
Originating house
House of Representatives
Status
Act
Parliament no
47

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Summary

Amends the: Migration Act 1958 to: establish criminal offences and associated civil penalty provisions for a person who unduly influences, pressures or coerces a non-citizen to breach a work-related condition of their visa or accept an exploitative work arrangement to meet a work-related condition of their visa; enable the minister to prohibit certain employers from employing any additional non-citizens and introduce associated offence and civil penalty provisions; require the minister to publish certain information about a prohibited employer; increase and align the maximum criminal and civil penalties for current and proposed work-related and employer-sponsored related breaches; trigger the enforceable undertaking provisions in the Regulatory Powers (Standard Provisions) Act 2014; provide for enforceable compliance notices where an officer suspects a contravention of a work or sponsorship-related offence or related provision; remove the criminal offence of breaching a work-related visa condition and insert an avoidance of doubt clause for remaining work-related offence provisions; and enable the Migration Regulations 1994 to prescribe matters the minister may, must or must not take into account when considering the exercise of the power to cancel visas on certain grounds.

Progress

House of Representatives
Introduced and read a first time 22 Jun 2023
Second reading moved 22 Jun 2023
Second reading debate 07 Aug 2023
Second reading debate 11 Sep 2023
Second reading agreed to 11 Sep 2023
Third reading agreed to 11 Sep 2023
Senate
Introduced and read a first time 12 Sep 2023
Second reading moved 12 Sep 2023
Second reading debate 06 Feb 2024
Second reading agreed to 06 Feb 2024
Committee of the Whole debate
  • Amendment details: 25 Government agreed to
06 Feb 2024
Third reading agreed to 06 Feb 2024
House of Representatives
Consideration of Senate message
  • Details: House agreed to Senate amendments
07 Feb 2024
Finally passed both Houses 07 Feb 2024
Assent
  • Act no: 1
  • Year: 2024
20 Feb 2024

Documents and transcripts

Text of bill

Explanatory memoranda

Proposed amendments

Senate

Schedules of amendments

Bills digest

Notes

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Text of bill

  • First reading: Text of the bill as introduced into the Parliament
  • Third reading: Prepared if the bill is amended by the house in which it was introduced. This version of the bill is then considered by the second house.
  • As passed by both houses: Final text of bill agreed to by both the House of Representatives and the Senate which is presented to the Governor-General for assent.

Explanatory memoranda

  • Explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and provides an explanation of the content of the introduced version (first reading) of the bill.
  • Supplementary explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains amendments proposed by the government to the bill.
  • Revised explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains the amended version (third reading) of the bill. It supersedes the explanatory memorandum.

Proposed amendments

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Schedules of amendments

Schedules of amendments list amendments agreed to by the second house are communicated to the first house for consideration. Subsequent action by either house may also be included in a schedule.

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