Review of Migration Regulation 4.31B, 2003

On 26 May 2003, The Joint Standing Committee on Migration presented its report on the 2003 Review of Migration Regulation 4.31B.

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2003 Review of Migration Regulation 4.31B


Front pages	Contents, Foreward, Committee Membership, Terms of Reference, List of Abbreviations, Glossary and List of Recommendations	(PDF 57KB)
Chapter 1	Report background	(PDF 24KB)
Chapter 2	Current Review	(PDF 21KB)
Chapter 3	Abuse of the protection visa arrangements	(PDF 38KB)
Chapter 4	Options to discourage abuse	(PDF 31KB)
Chapter 5	Effectiveness of the fee	(PDF 40KB)
Chapter 6	Effect of the fee on bona fide applicants	(PDF 31KB)
Chapter 7	Issues raised by Regulation 4.31B	(PDF 50KB)
Chapter 8	Imposition of the fee	(PDF 25KB)
Dissenting Report	Dissenting Report Senator Bartlett	(PDF 48KB)
Appendix A	Regulation 4.31B. Review by the Refugee Review Tribunal - fee and waiver	(PDF 15KB)
Appendix B	List of submissions	(PDF 12KB)
Appendix C	List of hearings and witnesses	(PDF 14KB)
Appendix D	The Refugee Determination Process	(PDF 34KB)
Appendix E	Ministerial guidelines for intervention	(PDF 42KB)

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Public hearings (and transcripts)