Bill
Migration Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2014
passed, as at 2014-09-24. Immigration and Border Protection portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Immigration and Border Protection
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2014-03-27
- second reading — 2014-03-27
- second reading — 2014-06-16
- second reading — 2014-06-16
- third reading — 2014-06-16
- introduced — 2014-06-19
- second reading — 2014-06-19
- second reading — 2014-09-03
- second reading — 2014-09-03
- third reading — 2014-09-03
- passed — 2014-09-03
- royal assent — 2014-09-24
Divisions
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2014-03-27.
This bill would make several changes to migration and citizenship law.
It would clarify when visa application limits apply, including to people who did not know about an application made on their behalf.
The bill would also allow material obtained under a Crimes Act search warrant to be used for migration and citizenship purposes.
- Clarifies that visa application limits apply to people who held a visa that was refused or cancelled after last entering Australia.
- Clarifies that limits apply to non-citizens who were refused a visa applied for on their behalf, even if they did not know about it due to mental impairment or being a minor.
- Ensures a bridging visa application does not prevent removal under subsection 198(5).
- Strengthens debt recovery provisions for convicted people smugglers and illegal foreign fishers.
- Clarifies the role of authorised recipients and obligations to inform them of direct communication.
- Amends subsection 494C(6) to realign with the Electronic Transactions Act 1999.
Non-citizens, visa applicants, authorised recipients, convicted people smugglers, illegal foreign fishers, the Migration Review Tribunal, the Refugee Review Tribunal, and the Minister.
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