House of Representatives Committees

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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