Bill
Migration Legislation Amendment (Cessation of Visa Labels) Bill 2015
passed, as at 2016-03-23. Immigration and Border Protection portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Immigration and Border Protection
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2015-11-11
- second reading — 2015-11-11
- second reading — 2016-02-02
- second reading — 2016-02-02
- third reading — 2016-02-02
- introduced — 2016-02-03
- second reading — 2016-02-03
- second reading — 2016-03-18
- second reading — 2016-03-18
- third reading — 2016-03-18
- passed — 2016-03-18
- royal assent — 2016-03-23
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2015-11-11.
This bill would remove laws about visa labels that are no longer used.
It would repeal the Migration (Visa Evidence) Charge Act 2012 and delete related sections of the Migration Act 1958.
The changes would take effect the day after the bill becomes law.
- Repeals the Migration (Visa Evidence) Charge Act 2012.
- Removes definitions and provisions about visa evidence from the Migration Act 1958.
- Makes technical amendments to remove references to repealed parts of the Migration Act.
The Department of Immigration and Border Protection and clients who previously requested visa labels.
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